Hare paw
The hare's paw has been called a magical object from ancient times. Above all, it is considered a good luck charm . In addition, they found practical use, among other things as a sweeping brush.
history
The origin of the magical meaning of the hare's paw has not yet been clearly established. In order for the hare's paw to be ascribed good luck properties, it must have special characteristics. In the course of time, these have been given more and more superstitious connotations as to the time and place of the creation of the lucky charm. It should be the left back paw of a hare that was killed in a cemetery under the full moon on a rainy Friday (ideally Friday the 13th ) . In addition, it should be a silver ball with which you kill the rabbit. The butcher should also squint or be a werewolf himself in order to increase the magical power of the paw. These prerequisites reflect the mix between West African ancestral ceremonies and European superstitions in the south of the USA in the 18th and 19th centuries. Century.
Rabbit paws were used unmystically until the beginning of the 20th century. In the chemical laboratory, a rabbit's paw was a matter of course at work as a “broom” (wiping off powder residue). In the "BKF" (Blitz, Klemm, Fischer) this was still recommended in the 1960s. The hare's leg was used as a powder puff by women in the 19th century . Inuit combed their hair with the bones of their hind legs. Scribes and writers used the soft fur to remove ink stains. Often the slaughter residue was also given the meaning of luck in order to be able to sell it better, among other things as a key ring . Since 1980 rabbit paws have also been made of rubber and faux fur , but the meaning has remained the same.
Magic attribution of functions
The meaning of the hare's paw is different in many countries. Mostly, however, it is associated with the term luck , in this sense both for your own life and for luck in card games . In the European Middle Ages it was believed that tying a hare's paw around the neck would make a toothache go away. In South and Central America , rabbit paws are still nailed to doors and house entrances in some places to keep evil spirits away.
Web links
Single receipts
- ^ Ernst Ludwig Rochholz : Natural myths. New Swiss legends. Leipzig 1862
- ↑ Renate & Volkmar Wirth: My name is rabbit. Nature and cultural history of a popular animal. Stuttgart 2001
- ^ Diderot / D'Alembert: Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers . Paris 1762
- ^ Bächthold - Sträubli: Concise dictionary of German superstition . Vol. 6 Wall - plow bread. Berlin 1978
- ↑ L'art dentaire à travers les âges.
- ↑ god speci, fetish or buffoon?