Carol's questions for New Steve Was: Tempest in a teapot/cup/kettle

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "zanooda2" <zanooda2 at ...> wrote:
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> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Cabal" <md@> wrote:
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> > A stag would be the adult male.
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> zanooda:
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> Yeah, I should have said deer, Steve, sorry :-). I don't know if the
> word "stag" is used a lot, but they call it a stag all the time in the
> book, so I asked about a stag. I take it it's a large male deer, with
> antlers and all :-), but I really don't know much about it. So, is it
> understandable from the movies that Harry's Patronus is a deer?

Geoff:
A stag is *any* male deer. In season, as you say it is recognisable by its 
antlers, in the winter by its larger size. I frequently see them, often within 
a couple of miles of home. My area is famous for its herds of Red deer.

In the film, when Harry first sees the Patronus, although it is fuzzy, the 
shape of a stag can be discerned.