Deer

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Deer in Monster High

Deer, Deerling or Deer Spirits (plural: deer) are deer-monsters whose females have an ability and a capability to turn males attracted to them sort of in a "spell" way. Isi Dawndancer and her grandmother are well known deer spirits in the Monster High franchise. This ability they have is known as "romantic aura". In Greek mythology, the Ceryneian Hind (Greek: ἡ Κερυνῖτις ἔλαφος), also called Cerynitis or the Golden Hind, was an enormous hind (female deer), who lived in Keryneia, Greece. It was sacred to Artemis, the chaste goddess of the hunt, animals and unmarried women.

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In Monster High there are a few deerlings such as, Isi Dawndancer, Gilda Goldstag who's a Golden Hind type deerling, and Fawn.

Fawn was the first confirmed deerling to be introduced in, "13 Wishes", though not much is known about her since she's a minor character. We do know that she looks a bit different from the common deer monster.

In Gilda's online bio on the website, it states she is "the living proof Golden Hinds aren't extinct," suggesting that Golden Hinds are more of a species than a sole monster and therefore suggesting she might be the last of her kind.

Years later Isi Dawndancer is introduced. Through her we find out that female deerlings have an ability called "romantic aura" that causes males to be attracted to them, as if the males were under a spell. We see that she also lives in a tribe of deerlings where we see male and female deerlings, showing that male deerlings have antlers.

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Deer monsters are humanoid monsters with deer-like traits. Deerlings have deer-like traits such as deer-like ears and hooves. One exception being Fawn who has hoof-like hands with a thumb and human-like feet unlike other deer monsters. Male deer monsters are shown to have antlers, while female deerlings don't usually have them with a few exceptions.

Gilda Goldstag is a deer monster with horns being a reference to the myth she's based on. Where the Golden Hind is a female deer with golden antlers. Implying that the Golden Hind in myth is her mother, making Gilda a Golden Hind too.

Fawntine Fallowheart also has antlers despite being female, it may be because she's a deerling hybrid and not a regular deer monster. Meadoe Flurry also has antlers and deer-like traits even though she's half yeti not half deer spirit.

Andy Beast may also be a deer monsters since he has antlers and those antlers grow bigger in his "beast form". It's possible he's a deer monster hybrid since we don't know who his birth parents are, and it hasn't been confirmed what kind of monster he is exactly.

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Romantic Aura: Female deer monsters have some sort of aura around them that attracts men. Putting them under what seems like a spell.
Super-speed: Golden Hinds have super-speed, making use of the original myth.