It's the snail that really gets me about this image.
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@mongoose probably a hare rather than a rabbit. And a grey was a medieval term for a hare hence greyhound. Cool eh? An image of the world turned upside down. The hare rides the hound that hunts it and uses a snail to 'hawk' for salad.
It is a hare, the godess Ēostre liked to descend to the human plane disguised as a hare.
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It's the snail that really gets me about this image. I mean, it's fairly bizarre to start with, but the snail takes the weird to a whole new level.
@mongoose or it may be satire, poking fun at someone who was nowhere near as special as they thought they were.
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It's the snail that really gets me about this image. I mean, it's fairly bizarre to start with, but the snail takes the weird to a whole new level.
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The marginalia is even more fascinating when you consider that the cost of a book was basically the cost of a house today. -
It is a hare, the godess Ēostre liked to descend to the human plane disguised as a hare.
@pascaline @mongoose yes. Certainly a hare. Just look at the profile of the face and those rear legs. Didn't know about Eostre's avatar though.
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It's the snail that really gets me about this image. I mean, it's fairly bizarre to start with, but the snail takes the weird to a whole new level.
@mongoose one hell of a snail if he needs a falconry glove to perch on.
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@mongoose one hell of a snail if he needs a falconry glove to perch on.
@falcennial Heh!
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@pascaline @mongoose yes. Certainly a hare. Just look at the profile of the face and those rear legs. Didn't know about Eostre's avatar though.
It's such a terrific story, really, and so many don't know about it. But Easter, Ēostre, Ostara, it's all related. The hare is certainly not a rabbit, and absolutely no 'bunny'
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@Virginicus I'm pretty sure you're not actually my best friend in disguise; but a) from your profile image you do look awfully like him, and b) you have his turn of phrase. You aren't by any chance related in some way to a professional tenor living in Bath, are you?
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It's the snail that really gets me about this image. I mean, it's fairly bizarre to start with, but the snail takes the weird to a whole new level.
@mongoose Thank you for the wonderful alt text.
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It's the snail that really gets me about this image. I mean, it's fairly bizarre to start with, but the snail takes the weird to a whole new level.
@mongoose The rabbit is practicing snailry. For those who have a LOT of time on their hands.
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@mongoose Thank you for the wonderful alt text.
@Lkdc Thank you... I'm very conscious of the fact that not everyone is able to see images (clearly or at all), so I do my best to describe them as far as I can.
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It's the snail that really gets me about this image. I mean, it's fairly bizarre to start with, but the snail takes the weird to a whole new level.
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The snaile cannot hear the snailer;
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It's the snail that really gets me about this image. I mean, it's fairly bizarre to start with, but the snail takes the weird to a whole new level.
@mongoose looks like the things that go on inside my brain sometimes, ngl
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@mongoose looks like the things that go on inside my brain sometimes, ngl
@amorablackrose The best sort of brain to have.
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It's the snail that really gets me about this image. I mean, it's fairly bizarre to start with, but the snail takes the weird to a whole new level.
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@dylanwre Well, you learn something new every day!
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@dylanwre Well, you learn something new every day!
@mongoose whether you want to or not!
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It's the snail that really gets me about this image. I mean, it's fairly bizarre to start with, but the snail takes the weird to a whole new level.
@mongoose I think you may like this ologies episode about weird medieval snails https://www.alieward.com/ologies/medievalcodicology
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@mongoose I think you may like this ologies episode about weird medieval snails https://www.alieward.com/ologies/medievalcodicology
@susanleemburg Thank you very much! I'll give that a listen.
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