{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.]