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Great elk have gone extinct south of the [[Wall]], just like [[giants]], [[children of the forest]], and [[direwolves]].{{Ref|TSS}} | Great elk have gone extinct south of the [[Wall]], just like [[giants]], [[children of the forest]], and [[direwolves]].{{Ref|TSS}} | ||
By [[Daeron II Targaryen|royal]] decree, Lord [[Wyman Webber]] and his descendants were granted the right to hunt red deer in the [[House Osgrey|Osgrey]] owned [[Wat's Wood|wood]].{{Ref|TSS}} | By [[Daeron II Targaryen|royal]] decree, Lord [[Wyman Webber]] and his descendants were granted the right to hunt red deer in the [[House Osgrey|Osgrey]]-owned [[Wat's Wood|wood]].{{Ref|TSS}} | ||
[[Wenda the White Fawn]], an [[outlaw]] of the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]], would brand a fawn on the buttocks of her [[highborn]] captives, such as [[Merrett Frey]].{{ref|asos|Epilogue}}{{Ref|ADWD|49}} | [[Wenda the White Fawn]], an [[outlaw]] of the [[Kingswood Brotherhood]], would brand a fawn on the buttocks of her [[highborn]] captives, such as [[Merrett Frey]].{{ref|asos|Epilogue}}{{Ref|ADWD|49}} | ||
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King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] granted the [[smallfolk]] of the [[kingswood]] the right to hunt a few deer during the [[Westeros#Climate|autumn]].{{Ref|AFFC|30}} | King [[Aerys II Targaryen]] granted the [[smallfolk]] of the [[kingswood]] the right to hunt a few deer during the [[Westeros#Climate|autumn]].{{Ref|AFFC|30}} | ||
[[Will]] was sent to the [[Night's Watch]] after being caught skinning a buck in [[House Mallister]]'s woods.{{Ref|AGOT|0}} | [[Will]], a [[poacher]], was sent to the [[Night's Watch]] after being caught skinning a buck in [[House Mallister]]'s woods.{{Ref|AGOT|0}} | ||
Lord [[Yohn Royce]] brought back a buck to [[Winterfell]] after a hunt in the [[wolfswood]] with Lord [[Eddard Stark]].{{Ref|AFFC|23}} | Lord [[Yohn Royce]] brought back a buck to [[Winterfell]] after a hunt in the [[wolfswood]] with Lord [[Eddard Stark]].{{Ref|AFFC|23}} | ||
Prince [[Tommen Baratheon]] once adopted a fawn, but his elder brother, Prince [[Joffrey Baratheon]], skinned it for a jerkin.{{ref|ACOK|49}} | |||
While skinning a deer, Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] confronted his son, [[Samwell Tarly|Samwell]], about his view on the inheritance of [[House Tarly|their house]], and forced him to join the [[Night's Watch]].{{Ref|AGOT|26}} | While skinning a deer, Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] confronted his son, [[Samwell Tarly|Samwell]], about his view on the inheritance of [[House Tarly|their house]], and forced him to join the [[Night's Watch]].{{Ref|AGOT|26}} | ||
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The lands on [[Cape Wrath]] given to Ser [[Davos Seaworth]] by Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]] include woods containing red deer.{{Ref|ACOK|10}} | The lands on [[Cape Wrath]] given to Ser [[Davos Seaworth]] by Lord [[Stannis Baratheon]] include woods containing red deer.{{Ref|ACOK|10}} | ||
While confined to [[Rosby]], Prince [[Tommen Baratheon]] adopts a fawn brought back from the hunt by Ser [[Jacelyn Bywater]]'s men.{{ref|ACOK|49}} | |||
[[Summer]] and [[Shaggydog]] kill and eat a young elk in the [[wolfswood]].{{Ref|ACOK|50}} | [[Summer]] and [[Shaggydog]] kill and eat a young elk in the [[wolfswood]].{{Ref|ACOK|50}} | ||
Revision as of 17:32, 28 April 2026
Deer are hoofed ruminant mammals similar to real-life deer.
Breeds and terms
Different species of deer exist in the known world, such as: elk,[1][2] great elk,[3] moose,[4][5] red deer,[2][3] and reindeer.[6] White harts are considered rare and magical.[7]
Deer and elk can be found in great numbers in the Forest of Qohor.[8]
Depending on the species, females are called does or hinds, whereas males are referred to as bucks, harts, or stags. Their young are called fawns.[9][10][11]
Culture
Several Westerosi Houses use deer or deer attributes on their coat of arms; stags for the Baratheons, Bollings, Durrandons, and Wensingtons; brown deer for the Hunts, fawns for the Cafferens, antlers for the Buckwells, and harts for the Hartes.[12]
In the wild, deer are hunted by wolves[13] and direwolves.[14] In Westeros, they are hunted for sport and game by men of noble birth.[15] Smallfolk are not allowed to hunt deer in a lord's woods, however. Being sent to the Wall is a common punishment for poaching.[16][17][18][3]
Red Deer Island is an island in the Red Fork of the Trident.[19]
Silver stags are coins used in the Seven Kingdoms.[20]
Kin of the Stag is a book written by Maester Hubert.[21]
Some of the men of the Frozen Shore wear antlers on their hats.[6]
History
Great elk have gone extinct south of the Wall, just like giants, children of the forest, and direwolves.[3]
By royal decree, Lord Wyman Webber and his descendants were granted the right to hunt red deer in the Osgrey-owned wood.[3]
Wenda the White Fawn, an outlaw of the Kingswood Brotherhood, would brand a fawn on the buttocks of her highborn captives, such as Merrett Frey.[22][23]
King Aerys II Targaryen granted the smallfolk of the kingswood the right to hunt a few deer during the autumn.[18]
Will, a poacher, was sent to the Night's Watch after being caught skinning a buck in House Mallister's woods.[24]
Lord Yohn Royce brought back a buck to Winterfell after a hunt in the wolfswood with Lord Eddard Stark.[15]
Prince Tommen Baratheon once adopted a fawn, but his elder brother, Prince Joffrey Baratheon, skinned it for a jerkin.[25]
While skinning a deer, Lord Randyll Tarly confronted his son, Samwell, about his view on the inheritance of their house, and forced him to join the Night's Watch.[26]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
When a white hart is sighted in the kingswood, King Robert I Baratheon goes to hunt it with his royal retinue, including his brother Renly and Ser Barristan Selmy.[27] Sansa Stark wishes that Joffrey Baratheon would be the one to kill the deer, noting that white harts are believed to be rare and magical.[7] Robert does not find the hart until it is too late; wolves kill and devour it before the hunters arrive, leaving behind little more than hooves and horns. Robert is infuriated, until scouts bring word that a monstrous boar was sighted deeper in the forest, so Robert goes off to pursue it.[28]
Syrio Forel teaches Arya Stark multiple phrases of animals she should try to be like, including "Swift as a deer."[29] After the arrest of her father, Eddard Stark, Arya has to flee King's Landing, and she frequently repeats the phrases to strengthen herself.[30][31][32]
A Clash of Kings
Patchface wears a mock helm fashioned from an old tin bucket strapped with a rack of deer antlers.[33]
Yoren commands the former poachers, Koss and Kurz, to go hunt in the woods to feed their group marching towards the Wall. They come back with deer or quails.[17]
The lands on Cape Wrath given to Ser Davos Seaworth by Lord Stannis Baratheon include woods containing red deer.[34]
While confined to Rosby, Prince Tommen Baratheon adopts a fawn brought back from the hunt by Ser Jacelyn Bywater's men.[25]
Summer and Shaggydog kill and eat a young elk in the wolfswood.[2]
The White Hart and Stag of the Sea are both destroyed by wildfire during the Battle of the Blackwater.[35]
A Storm of Swords
The roof of Mance Rayder's tent is crowned with a set of a great elk's antlers.[36]
Bran Stark hunts a deer while skingchanging Summer.[37]
Coldhands travels the lands beyond the Wall on a great elk.[38]
References
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 23, Daenerys III.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 50, Theon IV.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 The Sworn Sword.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 53, Bran VI.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 41, Jon V.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 58, Jon XII.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 44, Sansa III.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Free Cities: Qohor.
- ↑ Wikipedia: Deer
- ↑ Wikipedia: Hart (deer)
- ↑ Wikipedia: List of animal names
- ↑ The Citadel. Heraldry
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 2, Sansa I.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 46, Bran VI.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 23, Alayne I.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Prologue.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 9, Arya III.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 30, Jaime IV.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 11, Jaime II.
- ↑ The Hedge Knight.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Stormlands: The Men of the Stormlands.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Epilogue.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 49, Jon X.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Prologue.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 49, Tyrion XI.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 26, Jon IV.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 35, Eddard IX.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 45, Eddard XII.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 32, Arya III.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 50, Arya IV.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 38, Arya VIII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 17, Arya III.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Prologue.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 10, Davos I.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 58, Davos III.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 7, Jon I.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 9, Bran I.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 46, Samwell III.