{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.]