{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.]