{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.]