#Celtic #MythologyMonday: `In her ritual to the goddess #Andraste, warrior queen #Boudicca released a hare. Although at first the hare seems a timid beast for a war divinity, it can grow fierce when threatened and is thus an appropriate image of defense.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore'
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Hares were sacred to Andraste, a goddess of victory in pre-#Roman Britain, & were used in rites of divination. When Boudica faced the Roman Army in battle during Ice…
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