{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.]