{roe} deer           
                                
                                
                                    
                                          
                                          
 [picture  of a deer head,  in  a garland 
        woven of various grasses.         
 the deer  has  a crown of  rowan, and is 
          looking at the viewer.]         
                                          
                                     
                               
                                     
                                          
 in the north, the deer  is often used as 
 a  symbol for  the forest's  agency,  or 
    its self-knowledge. watching eyes.    
                                          
 warmer  regions instead  ascribe it  the 
 knife (teeth,  rumors  of violence),  or 
    obsession (unblinking eyes, always    
      awake, scrapie-like behavior).      
                                          
                                     
                               
                                     
                                          
 the deer is a cross between  a horse and 
 a  dog.  it  bears  a  resemblance to  a 
 young    salix   tree,    and   has    a 
     sweet-smelling nose, like honey.     
                                          
 the horns  of a deer is  called antlers. 
 they have a complex  fractal  shape, and 
 are  believed  to  enable  the  deer  to 
 "fold" through passages which  should be 
 too  narrow  for them. antlers from dead 
 deer   seem    to   lose   this   power. 
                                          
 a deer's heart  has two chambers,  where 
 it stores all the  secrets it  might see 
 during  the course of  it's  life.  with 
 age  the  secrets  will  harden  into  a 
    caramellized structure, which will    
 eventually block the flow of blood,  and 
              kill the deer.              
                                          
                                     
                               
                                     
                                          
 [picture of  a deer head.  from the  far 
 side,  looking  the   other   way.   its 
          antlers are bloodied.]