{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.]