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Fossils

Extra Large FSL01 £17.00

Large FSL02 £12.00

Medium FSL03 £8.50

Small FSL04 £5.00

Fossil Plaque (3 Fossils)

FSL05 £20.00

Fossil Plaque (imagine)

FSL06 £20.00

Fossil Plaque (dream)

FSL07 £20.00

Fossil Cluster

FSL08 £11.50

3 Hares Plaque Square

HAR01 £7.49

3 Hares Plaque Round Small

HAR02 £7.49

3 Hares Plaque Round Medium

HAR03 £11.49

Logs (welcome to my garden)

LOG01 £15.00

Logs (welcome to our garden)

LOG02 £15.00

Logs

LOG03 £15.00

 

The three hares symbol is a simple yet effective design found in many countries and cultures. The symbol is always based on an everlasting circle of 3 hares following each other sharing only three ears running in an eternal circle.

The hare is strongly represented in world mythology and from ancient times has had divine associations. Its elusiveness and unusual behaviour, particularly at night, have reinforced its reputation as a magical creature. The hare was believed to have mystical links to the female cycle and to the moon, which governed it.

The symbol is found in Pagan Christian, Buddhist and Islamic imagery.

Perhaps it is as a symbol of femininity and fertility that we may understand the three hares. It is significant that the three hares bosses are often put side by side in Western European churches with the Green Man, another ancient archetype of fertility.

There are examples of three hares motifs in glass, stone wood and tiles throughout the UK, Europe and into Asia. The three hares motif may have travelled from east to west along the Silk Road. In the medieval period, precious silks from the Orient, many woven with gold thread, were used in western churches for wrapping holy relics, vestments, and altar cloths etc It is known that designs from these silks influenced medieval artists and church craftsmen.

 

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