{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.]