Posted on 07/03/2004 2:43:19 PM PDT by blam
It is also in the same region where these people were found:
It is a never ending source of amazement to me how ignorant people are about religious art, especially Christians about Christian art but I gotta tell ya. I have never heard nor seen the image described. Does anybody gotta pic?
Kewl.
here's a pic:
http://www.finestoneminiatures.com/photos/89.4.jpg
In case you're wondering what this looks like...
http://www.planetfusion.co.uk/~pignut/tinner.html
http://www.chrischapmanphotography.com/hares.htm
The Three Hares Project: http://www.chrischapmanphotography.com/haresmen.htm
I suspect a pun. Possibly a Sanskrit pun.
Gaaah. You beat me to it.
Mutter...mutter...mutter....
See if you can find a picture of Kublai Khan's hare coin...
(Click on the title for 24 more pictures of hares)
Most of them are at the intersection of a cross, and all run counterclockwise except the Iranian.
Oh yes I forgot to :-D
Not having much luck....
Looks the design was put into Christian form, but it wasn't Christian until it reached Europe.
XXX. PADDY O'KELLY AND THE WEASEL.
Sources.- Hyde, Beside the Fire, pp. 73-91
Parallels.-On green hills as the homes of the fairies: see note on "Childe Roland," English Fairy Tales, p.241. The transformation of witches into hares is a frequent motif in folk-lore.
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