Patroni (speculation) WAS: (Re: CHAPDISC: Ch. 19: The Silver Doe)

[kamion53]

No: HPFGUIDX 182939

> Magpie:
> Maybe there's a "mad as a March hare" implication? Rabbits are also
> associated with fertility and with intuition and the moon. But of
> course, as you say, animals mean so many things depending on where
> you're looking! I wear a necklace that shows the mysterious "three
> hares" motif that shows up a lot of places and nobody knows what it
> means. But Loony=moon and madness.
>
> I'll be lynxes are just kind of badass.:-)
>
>


There is another association with the hare, then mad as a march hare.
According to Graves ( I Claudius) Boadiccea let loose hares when
facing the Romans on the battle field, hoping they would strike at
them.
This because breaking a taboo on hare-hunting was supposed to be
punished with cowardice. Hares were only alowed to be hunted at May-
Eve.....but then the boys were too busy chasing the girls.

Luna is in her peculiar way a very courageous girl, and the moment she
is "chased" by Death Eaters, her father loses his courage to speak
his own independent mind. Another aspect of a chased hare is that it
makes unexpected fast turns. Luna herself is complete unpredictable.

So the hare as a reflection of Luna's unpredictable kind of courage
is quite well chosen.
kamion53