About the symbolism of the hare among the Slavs
About the symbolism of the hare among the Slavs [1] In the modern mass consciousness, the image of the hare is present primarily as the personification of cowardice and as a character of folk tales, in which he appears as a defenseless creature. In this regard, the expression is cowardly as a hare, to tremble like a hare, a hare of heart, a hare soul, to run (drape) as a hare, proverbs “a frightened hare and a bush is afraid”, “a thief that a hare: and is afraid of his shadows”.