A deer woman.
The Deer Woman, sometimes known as the Deer Lady, is a spirit in Native American mythology who is primarily associated with fertility and love. She appears as either a beautiful young woman or deer.
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A Deer Woman is often said to have all the features of a normal young woman, except she has hooves instead of human feet and eyes similar to those of deer. Men who are lured into the presence of a deer woman often notice too late that it is not a normal woman that they are being lured by, but before they can get away, the Deer Woman stomps them to death.
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Though primarily shown as a benign spirit, she is also shown to lure promiscuous men to their death.
Other stories and traditions describe the sighting of Deer Women to be a sign of personal transformation or a warning. Deer Women are also said to be fond of dancing, and will sometimes join a communal dance unnoticed, leaving only when the drum beating ceases.
According to Ojibwe tradition, they can be banished through the use of tobacco and chanting. Others say that you can break their spell by looking at their feet, and realizing that they are hooves. Once they are recognized for what they are, the Deer Woman will run away.