{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.]