{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.]