{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.]