Motif
Rabbit as dawn bringer of light and life
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A motif of the Culture Hero and Founder family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
native american southeast
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Myths of the Cherokee THE EASTERN BAND / III--NOTES TO THE HISTORICAL SKETCH / SYNONYMS / IV--STORIES AND STORY TELLERS; lines 11139-11219 confidence: medium
Among Algonquian tribes, wabos is said to have been confounded with waban, so Great White Rabbit is interpreted as the eastern dawn bringing light and life and driving away darkness.
The passage reports an Algonquian association in which the Great White Rabbit embodies the eastern dawn, bringing light and life and driving away darkness.
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