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Pages in category "Mythological rabbits and hares" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
The Moon rabbit or Moon hare is a mythical figure in both East Asian and indigenous American folklore, based on interpretations that identify the dark markings on the near side of the Moon as a rabbit or hare. In East Asian mythology, the rabbit is seen as pounding with a mortar and pestle, but the contents of the mortar differ among Chinese ...
The Lively Little Rabbit: Ariane A playful young rabbit who gets tangles with a hungry mean weasel, befriends a red squirrel and owl and with all his friends and family, drive out the weasel. March Hare: Hare Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Lewis Carroll: Equally as mad as the Hatter and also believes it is always tea-time. Marlon Bundo Rabbit
Al-Mi'raj or Almiraj (Arabic: ٱلْمِعْرَاج; al-miʿrāj) is a mythical creature resembling a one-horned hare or rabbit, mentioned in medieval Arabic literature.. The name appears in a version of the legend of Iskandar who, after defeating the dragon of Dragon Island in the Indian Ocean, obtained the animal as a gift from the inhabitants.
Rabbits also appear in Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese and Korean mythology, though rabbits are a relatively new introduction to some of these regions. In Chinese folklore, rabbits accompany Chang'e on the Moon, [190] and the moon rabbit is a prominent symbol in the Mid-Autumn Festival. [191]
A Hare in the Forest by Hans Hoffmann (c. 1585) Gemüsestilleben mit Häschen ("Still Life with Rabbits") by Johann Georg Seitz (c. 1870). Rabbits and hares are common motifs in the visual arts, with variable mythological and artistic meanings in different cultures.
Basan, a fire-breathing chicken from Japanese mythology; Cockatrice, a chicken-headed dragon or serpent, visually similar to or confused with the Basilisk. Gallic rooster, a symbolic rooster used as an allegory for France; Gullinkambi, a rooster who lives in Valhalla in Norse mythology; Rooster of Barcelos, a mythological rooster from Portugal
In the Kojiki version of the myth, a hare tricks some wanizame [a] into being used as a land bridge in order to travel from the Island of Oki to Cape Keta. Cape Keta is now identified with the Hakuto Coast in the present-day city of Tottori. [9] [10] The hare challenges the sharks to see whose clan is larger—that of the sharks, or that of the ...