re: three hares - now that was a cool rabbit hole to go down, thanks!
Rabbits evolved in Asia from rodents. Phoenicians discovering Iberian Spain called it the land of rabbits. So there’s rabbits all over Asia to the tip of Spain.
Iberian peninsula:
1. known for where early Christians fled 1AD (Synod of Elvira/Edict of Milan). Iberia under Rome, Visigoths, Muslims in turn, all persecuting Christians.
2. known for Phoenician bronze and copper trade; copper and tin are needed for bronze.
Copper miners; tin miners. Tin surface mines in Devon, Wales, also placer mines Yellow River, China.
The Fish symbol was used in 01AD as a secret sign to mark meeting places and tombs. Other secret signs were anchors, ships, doves and harps. Trinity of Hares is used to mark meeting places (churches and homes). But it incorporates a geographic location or occupational clue by using hares. Which neither the Romans, the Visigoths, the muslims or Chinese dynasties would understand. But that would be recognized and preserved by possible descendants of imported/locally sourced slaves/tradesmen working in mining, transport or smelting of ore. The sign of connections to the pre-Spanish or pre-Roman Catholic Church of Iberia if you will? The Trinity of Hares hides in plain sight as a pagan symbol but it is, like the Fish, more likely a secret early Christian symbol among other symbols, before the Cross was adopted as ‘the’ public symbol.
land of rabbits reference:
http://www.bunnyhugga.com/a-to-z/general/history-rabbits.html
:^) Glad you liked it!