Re: [lojban] RE: from the classics

[pycyn@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/22/2001 4:57:16 PM Central Daylight Time,
cowan@mercury.ccil.org writes:

AFAIK the Brer Rabbit stories are Anansi (Spider) stories; the rabbit
motif was introduced by Eastern Indians, who used Rabbit as the
equivalent of the better known Coyote: the trickster spirit.

Makes sense.  I have several told about Rabbit and Leopard and said to be
from someplace in the armpit of Africa (U forget where), but they may have
been "adapted."  Using Coyote models (or, even better, Raven) would allow the
dirty stories more scope.