Deer Pevensies to their home in England. In the 1979 book "The Animals of Farthing Wood", The Great White Stag is the leader of all the animals. Deer are represented in heraldry by the "stag" or "hart", or less often, by the "hind", and the "brocket" (a young stag up to two years), respectively. Stag's heads and antlers also appear as charges. The old name for deer was simply cerf, and it is chiefly the head that appears on the ancient arms. Examples of deer in coats of arms can be found in the arms of Hertfordshire, England, and its county
Ossian (given name) of Macpherson, however, but owes its popularity there as an import from Sweden. In this way "Ossian" is similar to the Ossianic names "Oscar" and "Selma" which were introduced into Denmark by Swedish immigrants. Ossian (given name) Ossian is an Anglicised form of the Irish "Oisín" and the Scottish Gaelic "Oisein". The latter names are derived from a byname constructed from the element "os" ("stag"). Another Anglicised form of "Oisín" is "Osian". "Ossian" was one of several names popularised by the romantic works of James Macpherson (died 1796), composer of so-called Ossianic poetry. In consequence, it and other Ossianic names—such