Brer Rabbit (Legendary character)

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00001693
- info:lc/authorities/sh00001693
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh00001693#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
- LCSH Collection - Authorized Headings
- LCSH Collection - General Collection
Variants
- Brer Rabbit (Fictitious character)
- Brother Rabbit (Legendary character)
- Rabbit, Brer (Legendary character)
Broader Terms
- Legends--United States
Earlier Established Forms
- Brer Rabbit (Fictitious character)
Sources
- found: Work cat.: Laslett, S. Tales of Brer Rabbit, 1999.
- found: Ox. comp. children's lit., 1984 (Brer Rabbit, trickster-hero of many of the Uncle Remus stories)
- found: Britannica Micro. (Brer Rabbit, trickster figure originating in African folklore and transmitted by African slaves to the New World, where it acquired attributes of similar native American tricksters; Brer, or Brother, Rabbit was popularized in the U.S. in stories of Joel Chandler Harris (1848-1908).)
Change Notes
- 2000-11-06: new
- 2012-07-16: revised

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