Interesting read, and a fabulous poem! I learned recently that rabbits, too, were once considered go-betweens for the underworld and overground. Then we visited ancient barrows and stone circles in Orkney and saw that they swarmed with rabbits! -- disappearing down to communicate with the dead, then popping up again to pass on the messages!
Oh how fascinating, Lynden! I would love to know what kinds of messages these rabbits were passing along–at least, I think I would. Did you hear any news from them?
Well, the bigger rabbits clearly came up to tell the smaller rabbits not to hang round while all those humans were watching them! And then they all went underground. But I don't think that was a message from the dead...
I absolutely loved this!
Thank you, I’m so glad!
Interesting read, and a fabulous poem! I learned recently that rabbits, too, were once considered go-betweens for the underworld and overground. Then we visited ancient barrows and stone circles in Orkney and saw that they swarmed with rabbits! -- disappearing down to communicate with the dead, then popping up again to pass on the messages!
Oh how fascinating, Lynden! I would love to know what kinds of messages these rabbits were passing along–at least, I think I would. Did you hear any news from them?
Well, the bigger rabbits clearly came up to tell the smaller rabbits not to hang round while all those humans were watching them! And then they all went underground. But I don't think that was a message from the dead...