{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.]