Kerinitia deer is a deer giving Taygete to the goddess Artemis. This deer lives in Kerinitia forest. The deer possessed gold and bronze nails and was able to run very fast. Herakles' third task was to capture the Kerinitia Deer. The hardship of the trouble in capturing her. Finally after trying for a year more, Herakles managed to shoot the deer's nails without killing him. When Heracles was about to bring the Deer deer to Euristheus, Artemis caught him and was angry that Hakakles had been bothered to disturb his animal. Herakles then explains that it is his duty and that he promises not to harm the Kerusa deer. Artemis also allowed Heracles to bring the deer.