Betreft: Re: Japanese English (was Re: Correction, I hope, of M/C URL)

>>> Eric Christopherson <raccoon@...> 03/24 11:10  >>>
At 02:37 PM 3/24/2000 +0100, you wrote:
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>At 18:33 21.3.2000 +0000, Fabian wrote:
> >while we see teh
> >man in the moon, in Japan, they see the rabbit in the moon
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>In India it is a rabbit too.  Must have wandered east with
>Buddhism.  Perhaps The Rabbit in the Moon is mentioned somewhere in the
>Sutras...
Also in Maya mythology, IIRC.

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Yes, see: http://www.halfmoon.org
The Aztecs too saw a rabbit in the moon,
so maybe it's a Meso-American thing

Rob