{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.]