{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.]