{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.]