Deoca (or The Woman of the South)
Deoca (or The Woman of the South)
A princess of Munster, mentioned in Irish medieval legend. It is said that she was betrothed to Lairgnen and asked of him as a marriage gift the children of Lir, who had been magically changed by their stepmother into four wonderful singing swans. The hermit who looked after them refused to give them to Lairgnen, who then seized them. When brought into the presence of Deoca they were transformed into their human form—withered, white-haired, miserable beings. The hermit baptized them before they died, and sorrowed for them so much that he himself was laid in their grave.
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