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&.&&..&.&& [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.] .&.&.&&.&.
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&..&.&&..& IN THE NORTH, THE DEER IS OFTEN USED AS .&.&.&&.&.
&.&&..&.&& A SYMBOL FOR THE FOREST'S AGENCY, OR .&.&..&.&.
&..&.&&..& ITS SELF-KNOWLEDGE. WATCHING EYES. .&.&.&&.&.
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&..&.&&..& WARMER REGIONS INSTEAD ASCRIBE IT THE .&.&.&&.&.
&.&&..&.&& KNIFE (TEETH, RUMORS OF VIOLENCE), OR .&.&..&.&.
&..&.&&..& OBSESSION (UNBLINKING EYES, ALWAYS .&.&.&&.&.
&.&&..&.&& AWAKE, SCRAPIE-LIKE BEHAVIOR). .&.&..&.&.
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&.&&..&.&& 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. .&.&.&&.&.
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&..&.&&..& 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. .&.&..&.&.
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&.&&..&.&& 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. .&.&..&.&.
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&.&&..&.&& [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD. FROM THE FAR .&.&..&.&.
&..&.&&..& SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS .&.&.&&.&.
&.&&..&.&& ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] .&.&..&.&.
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