{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.]