{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.]