MYTHOLOGY & FOLKLORE BLOG, SPRING 2021

 Main Characters: Brer Rabbit Brer Fox Secondary Characters: Brer Buzzard Brer Bear Important things to remember: Old Mr. Rabbit, He's a Good Fisherman Brer Rabbit got in the bucket of a well to take a nap, and fell down in to the bottom of the well in the bucket Brer Fox saw this and assumed it was purposeful, and that Brer Rabbit had money stored down there Brer Fox went over and yelled down to him, and Brer Rabbit told him he was fishing Brer Rabbit convinced Brer Fox to join him, and when he hopped in the opposite bucket, Brer Fox's larger weight pulled Brer Rabbit back up Mr. Rabbit Meets His Match Again Brer Rabbit and Brer Buzzard counted their crops together, and found Brer Buzzard had none They made a plan to raid another gold mine, but things took a turn and Brer Buzzard was going to leave Brer Rabbit behind Brer Rabbit promised that he had another gold mine back home and that he would divide it with Brer Buzzard if he flew him back Mr. Rabbit and Mr. Bear Brer Fox fi...

 Main Characters: Brer Rabbit Brer Fox Secondary Characters: Miss Rabbit and the chilluns Mr. Wolf Important things to remember: The Calamus Root This whole story is written in very broken/old English Brer Fox had always tried to eat Brer Rabbit, but they decided to make up and be friends and have dinner together at Brer Rabbit's house Brer Fox claimed to be sick and said Brer Rabbit should come over instead Brer Rabbit went over but was unsettled and left to get a calamus root to season the chicken they were to eat When he left he saw that Brer Fox was not actually sick and was faking to try to lure him in The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story Brer Fox devised a plan to trap Brer Rabbit, and created a tar baby and placed it in the road When Brer Rabbit came by he tried to talk to the tar baby but it did not talk back He punched the tar baby for being disrespectful and then got stuck to it Brer Fox came out of the bushes laughing, and said they would have dinner together How Mr. Rabbit was ...