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Bre'r Rabbit or Brer Rabbit or Bruh Rabbit

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Brer-Rabbit

I have seen him many times in the Magic Kingdom theme park in Orlando, around the Splash Mountain attraction...why not get his autograph when you go...take his picture...you will treasure these for years to come.

Here's his history:-

(also spelled Bre'r Rabbit or Brer Rabbit or Bruh Rabbit, with the title "Br'er".

is a central figure in the Uncle Remus stories of the Southern United States.

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He is a trickster character who succeeds through his wits rather than through strength, tweaking authority figures and bending social mores as he sees fit.

The origin of Br'er Rabbit is linked to both Cherokee and African cultures.

Bre'r Rabbit or Brer Rabbit or Bruh Rabbit

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Although Joel Chandler Harris collected materials for his famous series of books featuring the character Br'er Rabbit in the 1870s, the Br'er Rabbit cycle had been recorded earlier among the Cherokees:-

The "tar baby" story was printed in an 1845 edition of the Cherokee Advocate the same year Joel Chandler Harris was born.

Rabbit/Hare myths abound among Algonkin Indians.. in Eastern North America, particularly under the name:-

Nanabozho, 'Great Hare'

Here is a little history about Nanabozho and here is a little bckground to the :-

Algonkin Indians

who is generally regarded as supreme deity among tribes in eastern Canada.

"It appears that Joel Chandler Harris, when he wrote them, did not realize that his Br'er Rabbit and Br'er Fox were originally Cherokee inventions."

In the Cherokee tale of the Briar Patch.. "the fox and the wolf throw the trickster rabbit into a thicket from which the rabbit quickly escapes"

There was a "melding of the Cherokee rabbit-trickster ... into the culture of African slaves."

That the People Might Live : Native American Literatures and Native American Community,

"In fact, most of the Br'er Rabbit stories originated in Cherokee myths.

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More History:-

The stories can also be traced back to trickster figures in Africa, particularly the hare that figures prominently in the storytelling traditions in Western, Central and Southern Africa.

These tales continue to be part of the traditional folklore of numerous peoples throughout those regions.

In the Akan traditions of West Africa, the trickster is usually the spider, though the plots of spider tales are often identical to those of rabbit stories.

Brer-Rabbit.. represents the enslaved African who uses his wits to overcome circumstances and to exact revenge on his adversaries, representing the white slave-owners.

Many have suggested that the American incarnation, Brer-Rabbit..represents the enslaved African who uses his wits to overcome circumstances and to exact revenge on his adversaries, representing the white slave-owners.

Though not always successful, his efforts made him a folk hero.

However, the trickster is a multi-dimensional character.

While he can be a hero, his amoral nature and lack of any positive restraint can make him a villain as well.

For both Africans and African Americans, the animal trickster represents an extreme form of behavior which people may be forced to emulate in extreme circumstances in order to survive.

The trickster is not to be admired in every situation:-

he is an example of what to do, but also an example of what not to do.

The trickster's behavior can be summed up in the common African proverb: "It's trouble that makes the monkey chew on hot peppers."

In other words, sometimes people must use extreme measures in extreme circumstances.

Brer-Rabbit stories were written down by Robert Roosevelt.. uncle of President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt.

Teddy Roosevelt wrote in his autobiography, about his aunt from Georgia, that "She knew all the 'Br'er Rabbit' stories, and I was brought up on them.

One of my uncles, Robert Roosevelt, was much struck with them, and took them down from her dictation, publishing them in Harper's, where they fell flat.

This was a good many years before a genius arose who, in 'Uncle Remus', made the stories immortal."

who wrote up and published many of the stories which were passed down by oral tradition.

Harris also attributed the birth name, Riley, to Br'er Rabbit.

Joel Chandler Harris heard the tales in Georgia.

Very similar versions of the same stories were recorded independently at the same time by folklorist Alcée Fortier.. in southern Louisiana, where the Rabbit character was known as Compair Lapin in Creole French.

The stories were retold for children by Enid Blyton.. the English children's writer.

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The word "Br'er" in his name...and in those of other characters in the stories... reflects the habit of addressing another man as.. "brother" ..in many African cultures.

While modern Americans generally pronounce the second 'r' in Br'er, the original pronunciation was "Bruh" or "Buh."

When Joel Chandler Harris spelled "Br'er" with an 'er' at the end of the word, he was indicating the Southern pronunciation of the final 'er' as in "brothuh" (brother), sistuh (sister), or faa'muh (farmer).

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