28: LEAP DAY SPECIAL! Fluffy Pasta - Monster Rabbit Lore

For our Leap Day Special, we go deep into the mythos and legends in search of those killer rabbits among us. We also breakdown Bugs Bunny as trickster demi-god, archetype extraordinaire. If you are thinking of leaping over this one, the bunnies will know! Blessings to the warren.

Many thanks and salutations to Mr. Tim Leavy of https://www.timleavy.com/ for writing us the greatest ever paranormal theme song, and for just generally being a spectacular human. Well done, sir!

REFERENCES:

Shaman Caused Landslides:

Olson: Tlingit shamanism and sorcery

kas025-015.pdf (berkeley.edu) https://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/anthpubs/ucb/text/kas025-015.pdf

Tlingit Shamanism:

Swanton, J.R. (1909). Tlingit myths and texts

https://sacred-texts.com/nam/nw/tmt/tmt010.htm

Angry Beavers:

Leland, C.G. (1884). The Algonquin legends of New England: or, myths and folk lore of the Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot tribes.

Internet Archive version: https://archive.org/details/algonquinlegends00lela

Largest rabbit today:

Flemish Giant rabbit - Wikipedia   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flemish_Giant_rabbit

Nuralagus rex:

https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2012/04/19/150988123/monster-sized-rabbits-discovered-sadly-they-cant-hop#:~:text=Called%20Nuralagus%20rex%20(%22King%20of,than%20ordinary%2C%20wild%20modern%20rabbits.

Dagara Tradition:

Pratt, C. (2007). Encyclopedia of shamanism (Vol 2). Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., p510 (Internet Archive, p196)

Jiibayaabooz - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiibayaabooz

Nanabush/Nanabozho:

https://slideplayer.com/slide/11535331/

Hare of Inaba - Wikiwand

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Hare_of_Inaba

Kaltes-Ekwa - Wikiwand

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Kaltes-Ekwa

Centzon Tōtōchtin (acearchive.org)    https://acearchive.org/centzon-ttchtin

Macuiltochtli - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macuiltochtli

Werewolves As Rabbits:

Steiger, B. (1999). The werewolf book: the encyclopedia of shapeshifting. Visible Ink Press, MI.

Jackelope:

Lepus Cornutus - Wikiwand

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Lepus_cornutus

Al-Mi'raj:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mi%27raj

Sigbin:

Bane, T. (2016). Encyclopedia of beasts and monsters in myth, legend and folklore. Mcfarland & Co, p915-917

Wolpertinger:

Bane, T. (2016). Encyclopedia of beasts and monsters in myth, legend and folklore. Mcfarland & Co, p1062

Lutin:

Guiley, R.E. (2009). The encyclopedia of demons and demonology. Visionary Living, Inc (p157-58 of the 2022 Internet Archive publication)

https://archive.org/details/the-encyclopedia-of-demons-and-demonology/mode

Bunny Petroglyphs:

Bragdon, K.J. (2006). The shamanistic "text" in southern New England. Kroeber Anthropological Society Papers No. 79. Department of Anthropology, College of William and Mary, VA 23187, p167

https://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/anthpubs/ucb/text/kas079-012.pdf

Adams, R. (1972). Watership down. Macmillan Publishing Co. NY, rabbit trickster p32, Fiver as shaman, p429

 

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