Rabbits: symbolism, significance and references

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Rabbits: symbolism, significance and references Mar 17, 2019 8:39:21 GMT

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Berlin rabbits

Berlin is a current place of interest. It has special rabbit associations: they symbolise freedom of movement. This is commemorated in the form of an art installation:

“ Life-size brass rabbits set into the road and pavement of a small stretch of the Chausseestraße in the district of Wedding.

Although bunnies aren't exactly an uncommon sight in Berlin, they tend to be of the living, breathing variety...The installation Kaninchenfeld (Rabbit Field) by artist Karla Sachse muses on the fact that when the Wall still stood, rabbits flourished in the wilderness of its death strip. They dug their tunnels directly beneath the barrier from one part of the city to another, and their presence, although beloved by East and West Germans alike, served as an ironic reminder of the freedom of movement denied to Berlin's human inhabitants.

When the Wall fell, the rabbits' homes were swept away, and today, the metal silhouettes provide the only clue as to their former habitat (as well as, of course, a reminder of the location of the border checkpoint itself).”

www.secretcitytravel.com/berlin-august-2014/berlin-quirky-sights-rabbits-kaninchenfeld-art-installation.shtml

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UnseenI Eternal Member "Part Of The Furniture" Keeping on keeping on Posts: 8,278	Rabbits: symbolism, significance and references Mar 21, 2019 8:53:15 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by UnseenI on Mar 21, 2019 8:53:15 GMT Rabbit graffiti in Berlin Rabbits - like bananas - have a special significance for the people of Berlin. They often appear in street art. Here are some good examples:
	"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. “I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan Blog: unseen-influences.blogspot.com

UnseenI Eternal Member "Part Of The Furniture" Keeping on keeping on Posts: 8,278	Rabbits: symbolism, significance and references Apr 12, 2019 7:13:12 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by UnseenI on Apr 12, 2019 7:13:12 GMT Fortune-telling rabbits in Istanbul This is an unusual tourist attraction. You give the man some money, tell a rabbit your name and the rabbit selects a slip of paper with your fortune written on it!
	Last Edit: Apr 12, 2019 7:14:09 GMT by UnseenI "Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. “I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan Blog: unseen-influences.blogspot.com

UnseenI Eternal Member "Part Of The Furniture" Keeping on keeping on Posts: 8,278	Rabbits: symbolism, significance and references Apr 14, 2019 7:20:08 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by UnseenI on Apr 14, 2019 7:20:08 GMT More fortune-telling rabbits in Istanbul An owner presides over his rabbits and a rabbit presides over the coloured slips of paper with the fortunes:
	Last Edit: Apr 14, 2019 7:20:52 GMT by UnseenI "Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. “I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan Blog: unseen-influences.blogspot.com

UnseenI Eternal Member "Part Of The Furniture" Keeping on keeping on Posts: 8,278	Rabbits: symbolism, significance and references Apr 20, 2019 7:24:08 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by UnseenI on Apr 20, 2019 7:24:08 GMT Easter bunnies Season’s greetings to everyone.
	Last Edit: Apr 20, 2019 7:25:21 GMT by UnseenI "Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. “I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan Blog: unseen-influences.blogspot.com

Lavendel Senior Member Posts: 1,387	Rabbits: symbolism, significance and references Apr 24, 2019 19:48:56 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lavendel on Apr 24, 2019 19:48:56 GMT Apr 20, 2019 7:24:08 GMT UnseenI said: Easter bunnies Season’s greetings to everyone. thanks UnseenI Happy Easter Season too!
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UnseenI Eternal Member "Part Of The Furniture" Keeping on keeping on Posts: 8,278	Rabbits: symbolism, significance and references May 16, 2019 17:18:22 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by UnseenI on May 16, 2019 17:18:22 GMT Bronze rabbits in Kensington Gardens There are some rabbits on the bronze statue of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. I am not very wild about this statue myself, but children love it:
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Rabbits: symbolism, significance and references Apr 11, 2020 6:38:04 GMT

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Evil bunnies I

Rabbits have not always been portrayed as adorable, fluffy, cute and cuddly animals.

Lavendel found some mediaeval material a while back in which rabbits were portrayed as thugs, bullies and criminals. Some of the pictures are really gruesome:

Last Edit: Apr 11, 2020 6:42:07 GMT by UnseenI

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Rabbits: symbolism, significance and references Apr 11, 2020 6:41:29 GMT

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Evil bunnies II

There are many modern sinister pictures of rabbits to be found online, most involving adults dressed up as the Easter Bunny and very frightened and upset children.

Avacyn remembered some from the old David Icke Forum. I found them and they are very disturbing, all the more as the people who shared them online seemed to fund them funny:

Last Edit: Apr 11, 2020 6:45:25 GMT by UnseenI

"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan

Blog: unseen-influences.blogspot.com

UnseenI Eternal Member "Part Of The Furniture" Keeping on keeping on Posts: 8,278	Rabbits: symbolism, significance and references Apr 15, 2020 18:51:32 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by UnseenI on Apr 15, 2020 18:51:32 GMT Another sinister Easter Bunny picture Why do people publish and pass on such pictures?
	"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. “I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan Blog: unseen-influences.blogspot.com

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	"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. “I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan Blog: unseen-influences.blogspot.com

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Rabbits: symbolism, significance and references Apr 22, 2020 18:05:48 GMT

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The renowned British post-war poet Philip Larkin is associated with rabbits.

He wrote the poem Myxomatosis, which responds on the plight of rabbits who were culled in the 1950s with the ultimate aim to exterminate their population. Myxomatosis was a disease, caused by the myxoma virus, deliberately introduced into Britain to achieve this aim.

Here he is with a wicker rabbit given to him by Monica Jones (photograph from 1962)

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"Beneath it all, desire of oblivion runs." – Wants by Philip Larkin.

"The governments of the Western nations, whether monarchical or republican, have passed into the invisible hands of a plutocracy, international in power and grasp." – Major-General J. F. C. Fuller

UnseenI Eternal Member "Part Of The Furniture" Keeping on keeping on Posts: 8,278	Rabbits: symbolism, significance and references Apr 22, 2020 19:11:26 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by UnseenI on Apr 22, 2020 19:11:26 GMT This looks like a very good lead, although the reference to the virus is alarming!
	"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. “I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan Blog: unseen-influences.blogspot.com

UnseenI Eternal Member "Part Of The Furniture" Keeping on keeping on Posts: 8,278	Rabbits: symbolism, significance and references Apr 23, 2020 7:26:43 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by UnseenI on Apr 23, 2020 7:26:43 GMT Artwork from Philip Larkin’s poem The picture of Philip Larkin holding the rabbit and his poems have inspired these pictures:
	Last Edit: Apr 23, 2020 7:28:43 GMT by UnseenI "Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. “I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan Blog: unseen-influences.blogspot.com

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Rabbits: symbolism, significance and references Apr 12, 2021 18:48:51 GMT

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Simon's father Darius has been stolen

A post from 2018 tells how poor old Simon the giant rabbit died mysteriously on a flight to Chicago. He was said at the time to be smaller than his father Darius, who holds the record at four feet four inches in length.

Darius was stolen at the weekend. Police are involved and his owner/breeder Annette Edwards is offering a reward. I hope that he is returned to her in a good condition.

Annette Edwards with one of her prize Continental Giants, and Darius with one of his offspring:

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9461173/Thieves-steal-worlds-biggest-BUNNY-ex-Playboy-model-offering-1-000-reward-return.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ico=taboola_feed_desktop_news

Last Edit: Apr 12, 2021 18:50:06 GMT by UnseenI

"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan

Blog: unseen-influences.blogspot.com

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