Brer Rabbit

Brer Rabbit is the African American trickster hero, a small and resourceful rabbit who defeats stronger adversaries by wit, heir to the hare tricksters of African tradition.

Tradition: African folklore (general)American folklore
Region: Southeastern United States (place of origin)
Trait family: The Tricksters
Symbols: Rabbit/Hare

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Anansi Trickster outwits larger foes · Trickery and cunning
Coyote Trickster outwits larger foes · Trickery and cunning
Kutkh Trickster outwits larger foes · Trickery and cunning
Qat Trickster outwits larger foes · Trickery and cunning
Ratatoskr Trickster outwits larger foes · Trickery and cunning
Rompo Trickster outwits larger foes · Trickery and cunning

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Troll Trickster outwits larger foes · Trickery and cunning
Dragon-Carp Speech
Akhtya Trickery and cunning
Cercopes Trickery and cunning
Dinewan Trickery and cunning

Symbols

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Rabbit/Hare is image-domain The rabbit denotes lunar regeneration and fertility, pounding the elixir of immortality on the moon, and given both to self-sacrifice and to order- upending tricks.
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Brer Rabbit is the African American trickster hero, a small and resourceful rabbit who defeats stronger adversaries by wit, heir to the hare tricksters of African tradition.

Traits

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Behaviour

Trickster outwits larger foes
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In story after story he manipulates situations so that the weak triumph over the strong, outwitting his standing nemesis Brer Fox along with wolves, bears, and whatever else presumes on its size.

Utility powers

Trickery and cunning
why
In story after story he manipulates situations so that the weak triumph over the strong, outwitting his standing nemesis Brer Fox along with wolves, bears, and whatever else presumes on its size.

Roles

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