{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.]