{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.]