Oscar (given name)
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Oscar or Oskar is a masculine given name of English, Old Norse and Irish origin.
Oscar I of Sweden
Sadhbh
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In Irish mythology, Sadhbh or Sive was the mother of Oisín by Fionn mac Cumhail. She is a daughter of Bodb Derg, king of the Síd of Munster.
Oscar (given name)
…of deer". The name is borne by a character in Irish mythology—Oscar, grandson of Fionn Mac Cumhaill, and refers to his descent from his grandmother, Sadhbh, who was enchanted into the form of a deer. The name was popularised in the 18th century by Scottish poet James Macpherson, creator of 'Ossianic poetry…
Illustration of Sadhbh by Arthur Rackham, 1910