Sadbh
In Irish mythology, Sadbh (Sadb, Shahv) was the Sidhe mother of Oisin by Fionn mac Cumhail. She was enchanted into the form of a deer on refusing the love of Fear Doirche, but she found he had no power over her while she was within the dun of the Fianna. Bran and Sceolan, Fionn's hounds, did not attempt to kill her when the Fianna found her out hunting. She was brought home, but later she was lured out from the protection of the house and she was enchanted once more, by the Druid Fear Doirche. After seven years, the hounds found a little boy, Oisin, Sadbh's son, who remembered his deer-mother. She was made to follow Fear Doirche and leave her son to the elements.
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