Roc Diocain

Role: Head Steward · First appears: The Fianna · Diarmuid · Birth of Diarmuid

Life events

Finn discovered that Donn had killed the Steward's son.(The Fianna · Diarmuid · Birth of Diarmuid)
- With: Finn Donn (father of Diarmuid)
- “So they looked at the child, and there was no scratch or mark of a tooth on him at all. Then the Steward put Finn under the destroying bonds of the Druid cave of Cruachan, to give him knowledge of who it was killed his son. And Finn asked for a chess-board, and for water to be brought to him, in a basin of pale gold, and he searched, and it was shown to him truly that it was Donn had killed the Steward's son between his two knees.”
Roc Diocain transformed his son into a wild boar and bound him to bring Diarmuid to his death.(The Fianna · Diarmuid · Birth of Diarmuid · 📍 Brugh na Boinne)
- With: Diarmuid
- “Then the Steward came again, having a Druid rod with him, and he struck his own son with the rod, and he made of him a wild boar, without bristle or ear or tail, and he said: ‘I put you under bonds to bring Diarmuid, grandson of Duibhne, to his death; and your own life will be no longer than his life,’ he said.”

employer: Angus Og “And after a while Crochnuit bore another son to Roc Diocain, that was Head Steward to Angus.”

Extracted from the original text of Gods and Fighting Men. Made with Rho MD.