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  2. The Tortoise and the Hare - Wikipedia

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    "The Tortoise and the Hare" is one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 226 in the Perry Index. [1] The account of a race between unequal partners has attracted conflicting interpretations. The fable itself is a variant of a common folktale theme in which ingenuity and trickery (rather than doggedness) are employed to overcome a stronger opponent.

  3. Cultural depictions of turtles - Wikipedia

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    The cartoons are Tortoise Beats Hare, Tortoise Wins by a Hare and Rabbit Transit. Because of this trio, Cecil is the only character in the Looney Tunes series who consistently gets the better of Bugs. [61] Franklin the Turtle is the eponymous protagonist of Brenda Clarke and Paulette Bourgeois's books and television series about him in Canada ...

  4. The Tortoise and the Hare (sculpture) - Wikipedia

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    The Tortoise and the Hare is a 1994 bronze sculpture by Nancy Schön, installed in Boston's Copley Square, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The work references one of Aesop's Fables , The Tortoise and the Hare , and commemorates Boston Marathon participants.

  5. Category:The Tortoise and the Hare - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to The Tortoise and the Hare and its adaptations, one of Aesop's Fables. It is numbered 226 in the Perry Index. The account of a race between unequal partners has attracted conflicting interpretations.

  6. West African mythology - Wikipedia

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    The Elephant, the Tortoise and the Hare: A story based on a race and who was faster. The elephant, tortoise and hare began a race and both the elephant and the hare were faster than the tortoise. Tortoise had a plan, where he would line up his family and friends at different intervals of the race and they would be the one accounted for.

  7. The Tortoise & the Hare - Wikipedia

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    The Tortoise & the Hare is a 2013 wordless picture book of Aesop's classic fable and is illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. It is about a tortoise and a hare that compete in a foot race with the tortoise surprisingly winning.

  8. Human uses of reptiles - Wikipedia

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    The tortoise was a fertility symbol in ancient Greece and Rome, and an attribute of Aphrodite/Venus. [32] The turtle has a prominent position as a symbol of steadfastness and tranquility in religion, mythology, and folklore from around the world. [33]

  9. Talk:The Tortoise and the Hare - Wikipedia

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    Dig deeper into the demonising of the serpent. The tortoise, least we forget, is a reptile. And the Chinese interchange Leo with Dragon. Though it is clear that the hare symbolises haste, there is more symbolism involved with the tortoise. The pleurodira turtle shell has 13 plastral scutes and is related to Hermes, and is the Earth symbol.