{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.]