Brer Rabbit
Cunning Southern hare
Brer Rabbit is a trickster figure from African American folktales, popularized in Joel Chandler Harris's Uncle Remus stories.
The name combines "brother" in Southern dialect with the animal.
Small and physically weak, Brer Rabbit survives through cunning, outwitting stronger enemies like Brer Fox and Brer Bear: He pulled a Brer Rabbit and talked his way out of trouble.
Sly, scheming cleverness
- wilySkilled at deception
- outwitBeat through superior cunning
- cleverShowing mental quickness
- slyCleverly deceptive
deception · schemer · ruse · guile · mischievous · artifice · subterfuge · bamboozle
Traditional narrative passed down
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
- African AmericanU.S. Black ethnic identity
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- fablesDidactic animal stories
Uncle Remus · anthropomorphic · Br'er Fox · trickster tale · plantation · Southern · cultural heritage · legend
Large wild lagomorph
- critterInformal term for animal
- underdogPresumed loser beforehand
- survivorOne still alive after
- resourcefulSkilled at solving problems
quick-witted · scrappy · escape artist · folk hero · Anansi · Coyote · Reynard
cunning
Sly, scheming cleverness
sly · deception · schemer · ruse · guile · mischievous · artifice · subterfuge · bamboozle · dupery
folktale
Traditional narrative passed down
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
- African AmericanU.S. Black ethnic identity
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
Uncle Remus · fables · anthropomorphic · Br'er Fox · trickster tale · plantation · Southern · cultural heritage · legend · lore
hare
Large wild lagomorph
resourceful · quick-witted · scrappy · escape artist · folk hero · Anansi · Coyote · Reynard
- American folklorePaul Bunyan, tall tales, folk heroes, John Henry, folk narratives
- folktalesfolktales, animal fables, folktale, moral fables, fairy tales
- Trickster RabbitsBugs Bunny, cunning, deception, mischief
- Tricksterstrickster, mischief-maker, Loki, rascal, Anansi
- Uncle Remusbriar patch, Uncle Remus
- folklorefairy tales, fairytales, folktales, folk tales, folk tale
Brer, brother, brethren, brotherhood, brotherly, rabbit, rabbits, rabbiting