This rabbit ornament is solid bronze. It is hand cast in moulds and then hand finished.
Rabbits and hares are powerful symbols mainly fertility, intelligence and strength. You can use a rabbit ornament in many applications.
Others have used the hare ornament to:
The rabbit or hare is intrinsically linked to the moon as it is a nocturnal creature. they are symbolic of intelligence, and strength within vulnerability. They are said to have magickal powers.
Hermes, the god of dreams, fertility and travel has a rabbit taking messages to the gods.
The celts believed because rabbits and hares spent so much time underground they would communicate directly with spirits and gods. This is where the lucky rabbit's foot originated. Rabbits were seen as supernatural beings.
In Native American cultures, it too was associated with fertility. And the Aztecs saw the rabbit or hare as a hero and a deity.
The Anishinaabe tribes of Northern America and Canada treated the rabbit and hare as a hero and teachers.
There is a Buddhist tale of a rabbit that sacrifices itself to the Emperor of Heavens. The emperor is terribly impressed and therefore sends the rabbit to be the moon's guardian.
Eostre is the goddess of spring and fertility and the hare is her symbol. Eostre is the name Easter came from and why bunnies are symbolised at Easter time.
All around the world from ancient times to now, rabbits and hares are outstandingly associated with the moon and fertility. Rabbits are phenomenally fertile, the coupling of rabbits does not even require touching for a female rabbit to become pregnant.
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