It's the snail that really gets me about this image. I mean, it's fairly bizarre to start with, but the snail takes the weird to a whole new level.

#mediaeval #marginalia

@mongoose probably a hare rather than a rabbit. And a grey was a medieval term for a hare hence greyhound. Cool eh? An image of the world turned upside down. The hare rides the hound that hunts it and uses a snail to 'hawk' for salad.

@capnthommo

It is a hare, the godess Ä’ostre liked to descend to the human plane disguised as a hare.

@mongoose

@pascaline @mongoose yes. Certainly a hare. Just look at the profile of the face and those rear legs. Didn't know about Eostre's avatar though.

@capnthommo

It's such a terrific story, really, and so many don't know about it. But Easter, Ēostre, Ostara, it's all related. The hare is certainly not a rabbit, and absolutely no 'bunny' 😊

@mongoose