{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.]