# Saeve — Irish Fairy Tales character guide

> Saeve in Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0035-ois-n-s-mother

## Who they are

A woman transformed into a deer, mother of Oisín.

## In the story

### [The Birth of Bran](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/irish_fairy_tales_se/chapters/the-birth-of-bran)

Mother of Bran, transformed into a fawn by the Dark Druid.

### [Oisín's Mother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/irish_fairy_tales_se/chapters/ois-n-s-mother)

Saeve is the mother of Oisín, transformed into a fawn by a druid's spell, rescued by Fionn, and later lured away.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/irish_fairy_tales_se/chapters/ii)

Saeve, a woman of Faery, seeks Fionn's protection from the Dark Man of the Shí and confesses her love for Fionn.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/irish_fairy_tales_se/chapters/iii)

Fionn's beloved, who is missing from the Dun when he returns.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/irish_fairy_tales_se/chapters/iv)

Fionn's wife, referred to as the Flower of Allen; she was lured out by the false Fionn and transformed into a fawn with a hazel rod.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/irish_fairy_tales_se/chapters/v)

Saeve is remembered by Fionn when he sees the boy's eyes; she is the lost fawn he has been searching for.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/irish_fairy_tales_se/chapters/vii)

Implied as the deer who loved the boy and was taken by the Dark Magician.

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