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Lunar Animals of Spring and Dawn

The Cape Hare (Lepus capensis), the variety of hare which is the particular sacred animal of Wenet The Swift One, The Hare Goddess in Ancient Egypt, has a distinctive yellow chest and white abdomen, which may have lent something to this animals association with greeting the sun at dawn. Lepus capensis is the animal upon which the Easter Bunny is based. And the god Thoth, in his animal form, is a baboon. The baboon in nature has been documented from ancient times as patiently sitting and watching for the sun to rise over the horizon at dawn. Thoth is the scribe of the gods, credited with the invention of writing by the ancient Egyptians. Curiously, it is a hare deity in Mayan belief who invented writing.

cape hare greeting the sun at dawn

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