{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.]