{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.]