Brer Rabbit

Brer Rabbit
the main animal character in the Uncle Remus books by the US writer Joel Chandler Harris. ‘Breris how some people in the southern US saybrother’.

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American folklore
      trickster figure originating in African folklore and transmitted by African slaves to the New World, where it acquired attributes of similar native American tricksters (see trickster tale); Brer, or Brother, Rabbit was popularized in the United States in the stories of Joel Chandler Harris (Harris, Joel Chandler) (18481908). The character's adventures embody an idea considered to be a universal creation among oppressed peoplesthat a small, weak, but ingenious force can overcome a larger, stronger, but dull-witted power. Brer Rabbit continually outsmarts his bigger animal associates, Brer Fox, Brer Wolf, and Brer Bear.

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