Br'er Rabbit

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animal character folklore character trickster figure

Br'er Rabbit is a clever, mischievous trickster figure from African American and Southern U.S. folklore, best known for outwitting more powerful opponents through his wit and cunning.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Br'er Rabbit canonical	4
Br'er Rabbit and the Briar Patch	1
Brer Rabbit	1
Br’er Rabbit	1
character Br'er Rabbit (in his Uncle Remus stories)	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	animal character ⓘ folklore character ⓘ trickster figure ⓘ
adaptedIn	animated films ⓘ children’s books ⓘ stage adaptations ⓘ
appearsInTradition	African American folklore ⓘ Gullah ⓘ surface form: Gullah folklore Southern United States folklore ⓘ
appearsInWork	Joel Chandler Harris’ Uncle Remus stories ⓘ surface form: Uncle Remus stories Joel Chandler Harris’ Uncle Remus stories ⓘ surface form: “Nights with Uncle Remus” Joel Chandler Harris’ Uncle Remus stories ⓘ surface form: “Uncle Remus and His Friends” Joel Chandler Harris’ Uncle Remus stories ⓘ surface form: “Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings”
associatedWith	African American oral tradition ⓘ Gullah ⓘ surface form: Gullah people plantation-era storytelling ⓘ
basedOn	African folklore trickster hare ⓘ
collectedBy	Joel Chandler Harris ⓘ
culturalOrigin	African diaspora in the United States ⓘ West African folklore traditions ⓘ
firstMajorPublicationDate	1881 ⓘ
hasEnemy	Brer Bear ⓘ surface form: Br'er Bear Brer Fox ⓘ surface form: Br'er Fox Br'er Wolf ⓘ
hasGender	male ⓘ
hasMoralFunction	critiques social power structures ⓘ teaches lessons about cleverness ⓘ
hasRole	trickster ⓘ
hasSpecies	rabbit ⓘ
hasTrait	clever ⓘ cunning ⓘ deceptive ⓘ mischievous ⓘ playful ⓘ resourceful ⓘ
influenced	American children’s literature ⓘ later trickster characters in popular culture ⓘ
languageOfEarlyTexts	Gullah-influenced dialect ⓘ
narratedByCharacter	Uncle Remus ⓘ
notableFor	outwitting stronger opponents ⓘ symbolizing resistance to oppression ⓘ using wit instead of strength ⓘ
notableStory	Br'er Rabbit self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Br'er Rabbit and the Briar Patch Tar-Baby story ⓘ The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story ⓘ
symbolizes	enslaved people’s resistance ⓘ survival through intelligence ⓘ the weak overcoming the strong ⓘ
usesStrategy	psychological manipulation ⓘ reversal of expectations ⓘ trickery ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jump! → mainSubject → Br'er Rabbit ⓘ

Marc Davis → designedCharacter → Br'er Rabbit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brer Rabbit

Splash Mountain (historical) → narrativeFocus → Br'er Rabbit ⓘ

Song of the South → mainCharacter → Br'er Rabbit ⓘ

Joel Chandler Harris → hasPart → Br'er Rabbit ⓘ

this entity surface form: character Br'er Rabbit (in his Uncle Remus stories)

Uncle Remus → associatedCharacter → Br'er Rabbit ⓘ

Br'er Rabbit → notableStory → Br'er Rabbit self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Br'er Rabbit and the Briar Patch

Joel Chandler Harris’ Uncle Remus stories → mainCharacter → Br'er Rabbit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Br’er Rabbit