Question

Which of these stories does a mother care for her human son in the form of a deer?

Paris
Romulus
Oisin
Octavian

Answer 1

Oisin. His name literally means young dear. In this story, told by his mother, he was turned into a dear by a druid.

Answer 2

Sadhbh was turned into a deer by the druid Fear Doirche she in deer form now was than caught by Fionn, but he did not kill her because she turned back into a human. Fionn settles down with Sadhbh and they have a son Oisin, but the druid turns her back into a deer after she gives birth and thus she raises her son as a deer.

Sadhbh (mother that turns into deer)

Fionn (father)

Oisin (son)

Fear Doirche (Druid)

The answers is C the story of OISIN.