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{{Quote|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.|Harry Potter's corporeal stag Patronus|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}}
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'''Deer''' is the common name for a family of ruminant animals grouped by the fact that the males grow antlers in adulthood. Male deer are called ''stags'', whereas females are called ''does''. One particular species of deer is the [[Scottish stag]]. Deer is the preferred food of the [[Hebridean Black]] breed of [[dragon]].<ref name="FBR">{{FB|R}}</ref>
   
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It is a possible corporeal form of the [[Patronus Charm]].<ref>{{see image|File:Patronus PM SilverStagPatronus MomentIllust.jpg}}</ref><ref name="POA12">{{POA|B|12}}</ref><ref name="POA21">{{POA|B|21}}</ref> Deer have become synonymous with the Potter family, as Harry Potter's stag Patronus is widely known.
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'''Deer''' is the common name for a family of ruminant animals grouped by the fact that the males grow antlers in adulthood. Male deer are called ''stags'', whereas females are called ''does''. One particular species of deer is the [[Scottish stag]]. Deer is the preferred food of the [[Hebridean Black]] breed of [[dragon]].
  
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It is a possible corporeal form of the [[Patronus Charm]].<ref>{{see image|File:Patronus PM SilverStagPatronus MomentIllust.jpg}}</ref> Deer have become synonymous with the Potter family, as Harry Potter's stag Patronus is widely known.
  
 
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The deer was a reoccurring [[Patronus Charm|Patronus]] within the [[Potter family]]: [[James Potter I|James Potter]], his wife [[Lily J. Potter|Lily]], and his son [[Harry Potter|Harry]] all have deer for Patronuses. James Potter was also an [[Animagus]] who could take the form of a large stag. 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.<ref name="Harry Potter and the Cursed Child">{{CC}}</ref>
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The deer was a reoccurring [[Patronus Charm|Patronus]] within the [[Potter family]]: [[James Potter I|James Potter]], his wife [[Lily J. Potter|Lily]], and his son [[Harry Potter|Harry]] all had deer for Patronuses. James Potter was also an [[Animagus]] who could take the form of a large stag. 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.<ref name="DH33">{{DH|B|33}}</ref>
   
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In [[1998]], Snape cast this Patronus as a guide to lead Harry Potter to [[Godric Gryffindor's Sword]] hidden within a frozen lake of the [[Forest of Dean]]. Harry felt an instinctual familiarity with the doe Patronus.
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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.<ref name="DH19">{{DH|B|19}}</ref>
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It could be possible that [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]]'s Patronus could have changed from a [[horse]] to a doe, for her love for her husband, Harry Potter, whose Patronus is a stag.
  
   
 
Deer live in the [[Forbidden Forest]] — in [[May]] of [[1996]], when [[Rubeus Hagrid]] was discussing [[Grawp]] with Harry and [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]], he said that he was able to get his own food; "''birds an' deer an' stuff.''"<ref name="OP30">{{OOTP|B|30}}</ref>
  
Deer live in the [[Forbidden Forest]] — in [[May]] of [[1996]], when [[Rubeus Hagrid]] was discussing [[Grawp]] with Harry and [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]], he said that he was able to get his own food; "''birds an' deer an' stuff.''"<ref name="OP30">{{OOTP|B|30}}</ref>
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"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."
— Harry Potter's corporeal stag Patronus[src]

Deer is the common name for a family of ruminant animals grouped by the fact that the males grow antlers in adulthood. Male deer are called stags, whereas females are called does. One particular species of deer is the Scottish stag. Deer is the preferred food of the Hebridean Black breed of dragon.[1]

It is a possible corporeal form of the Patronus Charm.[2][3][4] Deer have become synonymous with the Potter family, as Harry Potter's stag Patronus is widely known.

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. 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.[5]

Doe next step module

The doe that led Harry Potter to the Sword of Gryffindor

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.[6]

Deer live in the Forbidden Forest — 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."[7]

Deer Patronuses

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
  2. ↑ (see this image)
  3. ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 12 (The Patronus)
  4. ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 21 (Hermione's Secret)
  5. ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 33 (The Prince's Tale)
  6. ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 19 (The Silver Doe)
  7. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 30 (Grawp)
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