Deer Woman
nature_spirit forest Indigenous American mythologies single tradition · 1
Deer Woman, sometimes known as the Deer Lady, is a spirit in various Indigenous American mythologies whose associations and qualities vary, depending on situation and relationships. Generally to men who have harmed women and children, she is vengeful and murderous, and known to lure these men to their deaths. She appears as either a beautiful young woman with deer feet or as a deer.
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Story retellings have emerged in response to violence against Indigenous women.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Anukite, Ite, Tate, Four Winds, Inktomi, La Patasola
- manifests as
- beautiful young woman with deer feet, deer
- sibling of
- Thunder
- manifested by
- Sinte Sapela Win
- allied with
- little people
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Deer Woman and the other Little People share similarities with some European supernatural beings such as the Gaelic Aos Sí and Tuatha Dé Danann, the Germanic elves, and the Slavic víle and rusalki in that they hold otherworldly knowledge that they can pass on to humans if they are treated with respect”
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