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World Wildlife Day
“Your growing antlers,' Bambi continued, 'are proof of your intimate place in the forest, for of all the things that live and grow only the trees and the deer shed their foliage each year and replace it more strongly, more magnificently, in the spring. Each year the trees grow larger and put on more leaves. And so you too increase in size and wear a larger, stronger crown.”
~ Felix Salten, Bambi's Children, 1939
On World Wildlife Day, we honor the beauty and significance of the natural world, from the tiniest creatures to the grandest beasts that roam the land. Among them, deer have danced through the pages of mythology and folklore, their presence woven into legends across cultures.
Throughout history, deer have been revered as sacred beings, embodied divine forces, served as the focus of heroic quests, and even provided magical disguises—especially in fairy tales, where princes and princesses often find themselves transformed by enchantment or curse.
In the folklore of Scotland and Ireland, deer are sometimes known as “fairy cattle”, watched over and milked by otherworldly women—be it the benevolent bean sìdhe or the shapeshifting goddess Flidais, who herself can take the form of a red or white deer. In the West Highlands, legend tells of this ethereal guardian selecting which stag will meet its fate in the next day’s hunt.
Speaking of stags, the males of the deer family—whether moose, elk, reindeer, or whitetails—sport impressive antlers, nature’s own battle gear, used to dazzle and duel for mates. But carrying these grand crowns is no small feat, so once the season of love fades, the antlers are shed, only to begin regrowing in early spring. In fact, whitetail deer antlers are among the fastest-growing tissues known to science!
Just as fawns blend into the dappled sunlight of the forest with their spotty camouflage, a namesake tartan captures their delicate hues—earthy browns, soft creams, and speckled whites woven together in a pattern to blend into the woodland itself. Oh Deer! 🤎 🤍 🖤 🤎 🦌 🦌 🦌
World Wildlife Day was designated to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild fauna and flora.
A common animal but one that figures prominently throughout the man's history is the deer. Deer appear in art from Paleolithic cave paintings onwards, and they have played a role in mythology, religion, and literature throughout history, as well as in heraldry.
The two main groups of deer are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk (wapiti), the fallow deer, and the chital; and the Capreolinae, including the reindeer (caribou), the roe deer, and the moose.
Female reindeer, and male deer of all species except the Chinese water deer, grow and shed new antlers each year.
Deer have been an integral part of fables and other literary works since the inception of writing dating back to Sumerian culture. In modern times, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1938 novel The Yearling was about a boy's relationship with a baby deer.
The unforgettable 1942 Walt Disney Pictures film, Bambi (with a famous scene which traumatized many young viewers) portrays the namesake character as a white-tailed deer, while in Felix Salten's original 1923 book "Bambi, a Life in the Woods" he is depicted as a roe deer.
For more about deer in mythological works, click the twin fawns!