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rabbit honored by the Mongols

URI https://medievalmideast.org/practice/711

The idea that Mongols especially honored the rabbit probably reflects the Chinese zodiac cycle followed by Mongols

Names

  • Latin: lepus a Tartaris honoratus 1

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Events mentioned by Riccoldo da Montecroce1 c. 1289c.129014th C1864

Sources

  • 1lepus a Tartaris honoratus: Riccoldo da Montecroce, Liber Peregrinationis, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), XI. [Latin].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson and Margaret Gaida, “rabbit honored by the Mongols” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/practice/711.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; abstract; and matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
  • Margaret Gaida: disambiguation from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
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