Artemis is the goddess of the hunt and wildlife and a deer is a common forest animal.
Her sacred animals are stags, bears, and falcons.
Artemis' throne on Mount Olympus was padded with deer skins that came from the deer she had killed during the hunt.
Artemis turned Actaeon into a hind, or deer. in the shape of a deer the hounds of Actaeon tore him to pieces.
Artemis
The goddess Artemis was punishing Agamemnon for killing either a sacred deer or a deer in a sacred grove.
The moon and the deer
The animals that are often shown with the goddess Artemis are deer, bears, and falcons.
There are many animals related to Artemis, deer were the only animals held sacred to Artemis herself.
The deer and the cypress tree.
the goddess of the hunt, Artemis, was the goddess of the moon.
The goddess Artemis hunted mainly forest animals. She probably hunted deer the most.
The goddess Artemis' favorite animals were probably deer and bears.