{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.]