MANABOZHO

MANABOZHO: A Trickster God. He's the Great Rabbit. Don't you dare mock.

Rabbit Gods can be found all over the place in mythology — not surprisingly as the breeding habits of rabbits are legendary. See the African HARE, for example. Not to mention Bugs Bunny, Roger the Rabbit and good old Flopsy.

MANABOZHO (also known as the Great Hare) is a devious Trickster God, always ducking and diving and changing shape. He has a good line in Creation, Provisions and Transformation, and is one of the most important critters in Native American mythology.

The Algonquin's amalgamation with Asante slaves eventually produced the Brer Rabbit stories — and if you think you can outsmart Brer Rabbit you had better read the tales again. Read about his tussles with ICTINIKE, for example. He must also have nipped over to Britain at some point to be immortalised as the Rabbit God El-Ahrairah.

His brother is the wolfish CHIBIABOS, and the two of them crop up in transmogrified form all over the place. See also GLOOSKAP, MICHABO and NANABOZHO.