{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.]