Hello, I would very much appreciate the advice of people on the forum. I'm writing a fantasy novel very loosely rooted in Irish mythology and I'm looking to translate an epithet into Gaelic. This is not a historical fiction, it's a fantasy so it doesn't have to be perfect, but I would like to find a way to express the epithet: "Destined One".

The "one" in question is female, words or a phrase that mean "Destined woman" or "woman of destiny" or "woman destined for victory" would all work in the context of the story (she is viewed as a messiah like character by the people in the story).

Alternatively, something like "daughter of the goddess" or "goddess-born" could work too.

Any advice gratefully accepted, thank you!

Some possibilities:

An té atá i nDán
The destined one

An bhean atá i nDán
The destined woman

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I'm not a native (or entirely fluent) speaker, so be sure to wait for confirmations/corrections, especially for tattoos.

Thank you so much CaoimhínSF, that is absolutely wonderful. So kind of you!

I suggest - Iníon an Bhandé - for - Daughter of the Goddess (but wait for confirmation from the others)

Another option (maybe a bit punchier):

Bean na Cinniúna: Woman of Destiny

Wait for more

Redwolf

We have the word tairngeartach, meaning "prophesied one, deliverer" (from Old Irish tairngertach "one foretold/prophesied" < verb do-airngir "promise, prophesy, foretell" < *to-air-in-gair-, roughly "forecalling/forecasting"). This can be male or female, but if you wanted to be very specific (though a bit clunky): bantairngeartach (woman-prophesied-one).
"The" prophesied one" is then either: an tairngeartach or an bantairngeartach (both masculine words as it happens)

I love these! Lots to consider - thank you all so much that really is kind. If I ever get it published I will be sure to credit this forum :-)

I like that.

Forgive my ignorance, but is it possible to have a masculine for a subject with a female gender? I seem to recall that it is in other languages - just wanted to check!

Yes it is possible - for example - the girl in Irish is: an cailín - which is masculine, though often this can be referred back to in the same sentence as - í (her). If it were feminine it would be - an chailín (but it isn't).