Rabbit is not lucky when someone chops off his foot tho
he has to limp around on three legs
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"::darkshadows::" <blood@thirsty.net> wrote in message
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> Why is a Rabbit's Foot considered lucky?
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>
> Superstitions, such as a rabbit's foot being considered lucky, grow
> out of man's attempts to explain the unknown. When man disproves the
> old belief, and some still cling to the belief, it becomes a
> superstition, such as in the instant case. In Western Europe, prior to
> 600 B.C., man considered rabbits to be sacred, because of their belief
> that spirits inhabited the bodies of animals, and also because of
> their belief that man directly descended from a select few of these
> animals.
>
> Later, the ancient European Celts adopted portions of the older
> belief, that rabbits were sacred, and that spirits inhabited their
> bodies. The Celts, based upon the fact that these animals spent an
> inordinate amount of time in their underground burrows, held the
> belief that the rabbits' bodies were inhabited by numina, underground
> spirits with whom they communicated at very close proximity!
>
> Another reason the Celts held the rabbit to be sacred, was because of
> their prowess in the field of reproduction. They believed that the
> numina intended for rabbits to be put upon pedestals and revered as
> symbols of procreation, reproduction with a high turnover rate, of
> health, and of prosperity.
>
> Since the rabbit itself was considered to be lucky, it follows that
> any of its body parts would also be considered lucky. People selected
> the rabbit's foot to tote around for good luck, because of its
> capacity to dry quickly, its small size, and the fact that it made a
> great key chain!
>
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