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Subject: Re: Why is a Rabbits Foot considered lucky?
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>>> Why is a Rabbit's Foot considered lucky?
>>>
>>>
>>> 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!
>>>
>>
>> Bet the rabbits were not so damned happy about it LOL.
>>
>> Mercury.
>
> Maybe it's a 3 legged rabbit
>
> "May Dragons Fly Ever in your Dreams"
>
>
>
Trust DS not to have the full facts to hand LOL.
Mercury.
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