Saila Maaso, 'little brother deer,' is the sacred deer whose home is the sewa ania, the flower world beneath the dawn in the east, and who ranges the huya ania, the wilderness world. He is the foremost being of the flower world and the presence summoned by the maso bwikam, the deer songs sung to the deer dancer; the songs narrate his movement among flowers and dew at daybreak. Also called Sea Yoleme, 'flower person,' he embodies the flower world's beauty and renewal, and Yaqui thought carefully holds him apart from the figure of Christ even while recognizing their shared association with the sewa ania.