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For popular culture (!), dare I mention the BBC programme on chasing hares .
You can still probably hear it again at the website.
Regards,
Tim
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Chasing Hares
Writer and historian, James Crowden, follows three historical detectives
from a church in Devon to a high mountain kingdom in the Himalayas searching
for the meaning and origin of the ancient symbol of the three hares.
The search began with a carving in the roof of a medieval Devon church, but
the hare-chasers trace its origins through medieval Europe; via an ancient
casket said to have contained the bones of St Lazarus, a 13th century
monastery bell, and a Chapter house roof where the hares are found rubbing
shoulders with the pagan Green Man; all the way to the mountain Kingdom of
Ladakh and 12th Century China.
So what does the symbol mean and how has it travelled such immense
distances?
The answer connects the pagan goddess who gave her name to Easter to the
Virgin Mary, the Buddha, and the great Mongol Empire.
You can see photos of the hares, find out about the Three Hares Project and
contribute your own sightings at:........>>>
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/hares.shtml
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