Le lièvre de la lune dans l'antiquité chinoise

The hare in the moon in Chinese antiquity The hare has a central position in ancient Chinese mythology. It dwells in, and rules, the moon. It also brays the drug of immortality. According to other myths, a toad accompanies the Queen Mother of the West, or the Goddess Chang' e. Since the hare is also present in the representations of several other cultures, its physical and behavioral characteristics, rather than its image in Chinese thought, may account for the role it plays. Symbolically, the hare is related to reproduction and the moon's eternal rebirth. Both the hare and the moon are beings connected with immortality

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• Le corbeau dans la mythologie de l'ancienne Chine

  Rémi Mathieu•Revue de l histoire des religions•1984

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