Scathach

Also known as: the Shadowy One · Family: Tuatha de Danaan · Role: young woman · First appears: The Fianna · Huntings and Enchantments · The Shadowy One

Life events

• The wild pig was transformed into a young woman named Scathach.(The Fianna · Huntings and Enchantments · The Shadowy One · 📍 Glandeirgdeis)
  • “And when they came to the door of the house he struck the pig with his Druid rod, and on the moment it changed into a beautiful young woman, and the name he called her by was Scathach, the Shadowy One.”
• Finn asked Scathach in marriage, and her father agreed to give her to him.(The Fianna · Huntings and Enchantments · The Shadowy One)
  • With: Finn
  • “And he made a great feast for the Fianna, and Finn asked the young girl in marriage, and the tall man, her father, said he would give her to him on that very night.”
• Scathach played the silver string, putting Finn and his people into a deep sleep.(The Fianna · Huntings and Enchantments · The Shadowy One)
  • With: Finn
  • “And it is the sleepy silver string the Shadowy One played upon, till Finn and Bran and all his people were in their heavy sleep.”
• Finn and his people awoke outside on the mountain where they had first seen the wild pig.(The Fianna · Huntings and Enchantments · The Shadowy One · 📍 Bearnas)
  • With: Finn
  • “And when they awoke at the rising of the sun on the morrow, it is outside on the mountain of Bearnas they were, where they first saw the wild pig.”

The Fianna · Huntings and Enchantments · The Shadowy One

• engaged with Finn “And he made a great feast for the Fianna, and Finn asked the young girl in marriage, and the tall man, her father, said he would give her to him on that very night.”

Also listed in Tuatha de Danaan — Minor Figures

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