{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.]