{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.]