{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.]