{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.]