{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.]