Author： Hardwick Paul
Publisher： John Benjamins Publishing Company
E-ISSN： 1569-9951|20|1|29-39
ISSN： 0925-4757
Source： Reinardus. Yearbook of the International Reynard Society, Vol.20, Iss.1, 2008-01, pp. : 29-39
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Abstract
This paper explores the curious image of ‘the hare on the hearthstone’ – a sign of the impending Day of Doom in late medieval literature – investigating reasons why such an apparently harmless creature should be considered a harbinger of misfortune. By addressing a broad range of written sources, it builds up a picture of the hare as a symbol of otherness and instability whose intrusion into the very centre of domestic security would indeed provide a cause for profound unease.
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