{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.]