Deer

# Deer (Harry Potter)

> And out of the end of his wand burst, not a shapeless cloud of mist, but a blinding, dazzling, silver animal. He screwed up his eyes, trying to see what it was. It looked like a horse.
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> Harry Potter's corporeal stag Patronus, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

**Deer** is the common name for a family of ruminant animals grouped by the fact that the males grow antlers in adulthood. A male deer is called a **stag**, whereas a female a **doe**. One particular species of deer was the ***Scottish stag***. Deer was the preferred food of the ***Hebridean Black*** breed of ***dragon***.
It was a possible corporeal form of the Patronus Charm. Deer had become synonymous with the Potter family, as Harry Potter's stag Patronus was widely known.
***Venison*** is meat from deer consumed by humans, ***dragons***, and ***Snargaluffs*** as food.Template:Creature

## History

The deer was a reoccurring Patronus within the Potter family: James Potter, his wife Lily, and his son Harry all had deer for Patronuses. James Potter was also an Animagus who could take the form of a large stag.

 File:Doe next step module.jpg  Professor Severus Snape, as a sign of his undying affection for Lily, also had a doe for a Patronus, which persisted long after her death.
In ***1998***, Snape cast this Patronus as a guide to lead Harry Potter to the Sword of Gryffindor hidden within a frozen lake of the ***Forest of Dean***. Harry felt an instinctual familiarity with the doe Patronus.
Deer lived in the Forbidden Forest. In ***1890***, a deer drinking at a lake in the forest was suddenly attacked and killed by a strangely aggressive ***Dugbog***, with its death witnessed by ***Poppy Sweeting*** and her ***friend***. In ***May*** of ***1996***, when Rubeus Hagrid was discussing ***Grawp*** with Harry and Hermione, he said that he was able to get his own food; "*birds an' deer an' stuff*".

## Deer Patronuses

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## Appearances

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## Notes and references

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11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 J.K. Rowling and the Live Chat, Bloomsbury.com, 30 July, 2007
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15. ↑ Hogwarts Legacy Early Access Story Mission Walkthrough on YouTube
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