{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.]