Deer, Prince Harry & Queenie E. 5.31.16, pm

[ThePaladin]

I had the beginnings of a post going and accidentally deleted the whole thing so I get to start over.

When I think of stags, I associate them with Cernunnos, AKA the horned god, the god of the wild hunt, Herne the hunter, and other names.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cernunnos

http://paganwiccan.about.com/od/godsandg...nunnos.htm

Deer in mythology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_in_mythology

Particularly the section on Celtic mythology:

In some Scottish and Irish tales deer are seen as "fairy cattle" and are herded and milked by a tutelary, benevolent, otherworldly woman (such as a bean sìdhe or in other cases the goddess Flidais), who can shapeshift into the form of a red or white deer.[1] In the West Highlands, this woman of the otherworld selects the individual deer who will be slain in the next day's hunt.[2]

In Ireland, The Cailleach Bhéara ("The Old Woman of Beare"), who lives on an island off the coast of County Cork, takes the form of a deer to avoid capture, and herds her deer down by the shore. The Beare peninsula is also associated with the islands in the western sea that are the lands of the dead.[3] Other Celtic mythological figures such as Oisin and Sadbh also have connections to deer.

Cernunnos is a mythological figure in Continental Celtic mythology, and possibly one of the figures depicted on the Gundestrup cauldron. He has deer or stag antlers on the top of his head. His role in the religion and mythology is unclear, as there are no particular stories about him.

Info about red deer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Red_Deer

This was an interesting page of info with the basis of dreaming about deer: http://www.dreamtherapynow.com/id7.html

And a meaning of deer/stag as a totem/spirit animal: http://alltotems.com/deer-spirit-meaning...and-totem/