{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.]