{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.]