{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.]