{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.]