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11/27/2006
11:01:50 pm EST
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The Mystery Of The Three Hares
Author: Eric Shackle (shack) Source: Ohmynews (S. Korea)
Title: THE MYSTERY OF THE THREE HARES
Twenty years ago, one of our sons sent us a photograph of a puzzling design he had seen on a stained glass window of an ancient cathedral in Paderborn, Germany. It shows three hares and three ears, but by clever draughtsmanship, each animal seems to have two ears.
When we first saw it, we thought a German cleric or a local artist might have designed it as a joke when the cathedral was built in the medieval period. We placed the photo in a family album, and forgot about it until last week, when we showed it to one of our grand-daughters.
"I've seen something like that somewhere else, but I can't remember where," she said. "Perhaps it was on TV."
Next day, we decided to see if the Internet could tell us anything about it. Indeed it could.
We discovered intriguing stories about a mysterious emblem that was known 1,500 years ago, has been found in many parts of the world in Christian, Buddhist and Islamic cultures. And no one knows its origin or meaning.
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| I Like Bunnies! | Nov 28th. at 7:29:47 pm EST
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ForestWolf (Cheshire, England) - Email Me
Aint this nice? As for the meaning, just look at it and listen to your subconscious. Many symbols (such as this one) can convey the same message to present-day people as they did to their ancestors, which is part of their beauty. Listen to a symbol like this one, and the meaning will come through as clear as the first time it was carved. Even better, listen to it in different contexts and get inside the mindset of the different cultures that used it.
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| As A Colorado Resident... | Nov 28th. at 7:14:29 pm EST
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argilcath (Rapid City, Colorado) - Email Me
I wonder how *this* design would go over in a holiday wreath (either now or in the Spring) ?
*smiles*
argilcath
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| Early Escher | Nov 28th. at 11:18:48 am EST
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Ahr-Ohn (Bridgeport, Connecticut) - Email Me
Nice Picture, and the artical even has links, [Web LINK] .
From the period, it might depict how Cerredwen's Cauldron could help three Lagomorphant Shamans could share their talents. It might be even earlier, since The Easter Bunny is known as such from the 30th Century.
Definitively suggestive of Escher, and might have been an early work.
Arawn
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| Tinner's Bunnies | Nov 28th. at 10:39:50 am EST
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Mar-Garet (Appalachia, Pennsylvania) - Email Me
You can buy a carving of these Hares from Martin and Oliver Webb Fine Stone Miniatures. This is the explanation from this carving:
"This example of the Three Hares carving should perhaps be better called the Three Bunnies, so delightfully cuddly are the carved hares! They are prancing around in their own little patch of clover and the leaves and stylised flowers can be seen between the hares. The carving has a delightfully compact and unified quality with no loose ends or inappropriate details and the finished piece is equally at home adorning a desktop or mantle, or hanging up on a wall.
"This ancient and enigmatic symbol depicts three hares prancing round each other. The essential and defining feature of the Three Hares image being that each hare shares its ears with its neighbours, joining them together and forming a central trefoil. There are only ever three ears. But they are quite mysterious; the hares' origin and meaning remain obscure.
"Whilst we are unable to explain the Three Hares, it is significant that they frequently appear near to, or in association with, the equally mysterious Green Man, often in the form of carved roof bosses. It is therefore highly likely that their origin is similarly entwined with pagan beliefs about fertility and regeneration. Their presence in Christian churches (like the Green Man) has also prompted speculation about symbolism of the Holy Trinity.
"Curiously, their greatest proliferation is in Devon and on Dartmoor where about thirty different examples may be found. This gained them the title "Tinner's Hares" or "Tinner's Rabbits" when it was thought an association with the local tin mining industry existed.
"However, the image of the Three Hares extends far wider, with British examples to be found in Chester Cathedral, St Davids Cathedral in Wales and as far north as Yorkshire. In Europe the Three Hares have been found in France and Germany.
"Probably the earliest example discovered so far appears as a cave painting in China, dating from about AD 600, whilst other ancient images of the Three Hares have been identified in Nepal, Iran and Afghanistan. The earliest known example in the UK dates back to about 1300."
Personally, this "3 Hares" motif reminds me a lot of the Pictish designs with 3 animals in the round, like this one:
[Web LINK]
I have seen these Celtic Knot designs with horses, dogs, cats, and dolphins.....why not with hares?!
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| Mystery Of The Three Hares? | Nov 28th. at 7:55:28 am EST
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Chris Johnson (Weymouth, Massachusetts) - Email Me
Huh? Three in one (not the little oil can) is a common motif from many cultures. On the Web see triskelion, triquetrum, triquetra ...
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| ... | Nov 28th. at 5:11:59 am EST
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Draken (Bronx, New York) - Email Me - Web
*just chuckles*
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| Maybe Not So Mysterious | Nov 27th. at 11:52:22 pm EST
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Raniananda (Santa Fe, New Mexico) - Email Me
I have seen this also, but in a more stylized form. It is a triscle. It is use to heal spaces of difficult energies. Such as stress points in the earth. I use one (stylized version) to heal the energies in a concrete crack in my kitchen floor. Even with numerous tremors, the floor has only moved slightly.
I learned about this from a Spanish Druid who came to Santa Fe a few years ago. I think he was from Gatamala or something like that. I don't remember his name. He also talked about how the blue stones at Stonehenge were placed in stress points in the earth, like cork stoppers.
Blessings and Peace,
Nexusz
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