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what do rabbits and the moon have in common in japanese folklore?

i've watched some animes in my time, and they always have rabbits associated with the moon, i never understood that. is it a childrens book? old folklore? nursery rhyme? what? its kind of annoying me.

thanks in advance.

>> No.5366295

they see a rabbit pounding mochi in the face of the moon, it's like how other people see the man in the moon

>> No.5366299

look at the moon
see rabbit with hammer
you'll never unsee

>> No.5366302

They go crazy during Full Moon.

>> No.5366314

>>5366295
>>5366299
...are you freakin serious?

well, i never really look at the moon, so maybe they're right. anyone gotta a pic of what is supposedly a rabbit with a hammer?

>> No.5366316
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5366316

That's like asking what do cats and pandas have in common!

>> No.5366323
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>> No.5366325
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>> No.5366328

>>5366316
I just assumed panda neko was a cat that happened to have a black and white coloring that made it look like a panda.

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OP couldn't you have just googled "moon rabbit" and the wiki article as all the answers. Note the interesting buddhist story attached to it.

>> No.5366332
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5366332

i dont really see it

>> No.5366343

>>5366332
see
>>5366323

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>> No.5366352

>>5366343
thats just fucking stupid
all i see are craters and low spots
fuck all this bullshit

>> No.5366355

>>5366291
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_rabbit
>In Chinese folklore, it is often portrayed as a companion of the moon goddess Chang'e, constantly pounding the elixir of life for her; but in Japanese and Korean versions it is just pounding mochi or tteok.
Eirin is Chinese.

>> No.5366360

>>5366352
Tis is a sad time indeed. where imagination was stranded out for logic and reasons...

>> No.5366366

>>5366352
>butthurt OP mad that he couldn't troll /jp/ with a stupid question about stupid Japanese culture
Also, [spoier]IHBT[/spoiler]

>> No.5366380

that's suppose to be a rabbit with a hammer?

looks more like a rabbit beating his dick and cumming into a box.

>> No.5366385
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Japanese school children all learn the moon rabbit story when they are young so it's a very well known thing in Japan.

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Oh, then Udongein's me name, with me black blazer I came for to beat me drum on the twentieth of July
And the Lunar queen and crown I'll never let them down Up the Border, keep the border!, is me cry.
Though were're born in Eientei we must try to understa' that we all like to be Lunish when we die.
Even Heaven would be dull if it hadn't got Chang-Ngo Up the Border, keep the border!, is me cry.

Oh, then Reisen be a dear,said Eirin to me one year To paper up the kitchen you must try.
So I got some sticky glue, put up red, white and blue Up the Border, keep the border!, is me cry.
Now I have some empty bags and I'll fill them up with fags that I'll buy down in Human Town on the sly
And the customs men I'll dang, for me name is Udongein. Up the Border, keep the border!, is me cry.

If Tewi give me her spell sure Youkai can go to hell
And the border will be blown up to the sky.

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5366432

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsukimi

Japanese like both the flower and the moon.
Hanami and Tsukimi.

>> No.5366466

>>5366355

Isn't that obvious with her clothes?

Moonbitches are Polish by the way.

>> No.5366493

>>5366332

Oh shit I see it...

>> No.5366500

>>5366291
Primitive asian people believe that the craters on the moon is created by the pounding of moon rabbit...
Eventhough nowadays adults still mind-poisoning the youth with this belief (yeah, I got trolled with that...)
Btw, I'm malaysiafag

>> No.5366556

>The moon rabbit was mentioned in the conversation between Houston and the Apollo 11 crew just before the first moon landing:[2]

>Houston: Among the large headlines concerning Apollo this morning there's one asking that you watch for a lovely girl with a big rabbit. An ancient legend says a beautiful Chinese girl called Chang-o has been living there for 4000 years. It seems she was banished to the moon because she stole the pill for immortality from her husband. You might also look for her companion, a large Chinese rabbit, who is easy to spot since he is only standing on his hind feet in the shade of a cinnamon tree. The name of the rabbit is not recorded.

>Collins: Okay, we'll keep a close eye for the bunny girl.

Oh shit, Eientei's version of events was true.

>> No.5366569

>>5366500
>malaysia

Speaking of primitive asian people

>> No.5366636
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5366636

BEHOLD！

>> No.5366662

>The rabbit, who knew only how to gather grass, instead offered its own body, throwing itself into a fire the man had built.
>The rabbit, however, was not burnt. The old man revealed himself to be Śakra, and touched by the rabbit's virtue, drew the likeness of the rabbit on the moon for all to see.

That rabbit is baddass.

>> No.5366669

>>5366636
Can't see shit captain.

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>>5366636

Personally I'm seeing a deformed witch.

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>> No.5366699

>>5366692
Accurate representation of Scandinavian superiority.

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>> No.5366717

>>5366699
Right. They are all dicks.

>> No.5366721 [DELETED] 

>>5366692
>scandinavia
>superior
>doesn't get any sun most of the year
Sure you are you pale as metal nerds. Why don't you go hump snowmen or whatever you people do to pass the time.

>> No.5366725

>>5366692
>scandinavia
>superior
>doesn't get any sun most of the year
Sure you are you pale ass metal nerds. Why don't you go hump snowmen or whatever you people do to pass the time.

>> No.5366743

>doesn't get any sun most of the year
i wish my country wouldn't get any sun most of the year. i hate sunny weather.

>> No.5366759

>>5366725
We fuck reindeer.

>> No.5366770

>>5366636
>tail
more like droppings/shit.

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5370839

Somebody call me?

>> No.5370861

>>5366759
europe is a reindeer?
>>5370839
Japanese wordplay doesn't work in romanji -> english, sorry.

>> No.5371045

>>5370861
Piss off, 4Kidsfag. Go back to your Pizza Cats and Lee Showron, fuckface.

>> No.5371094

if that's the case, then explain to me what the hell happened to the moon bunnies during the great war of 1969 when the americans show up?

>> No.5371104

>>5371094

Got slaughtered in billions, then just popped right back in. They never run out.

>> No.5371118

>>5370861
You're stupid.

>> No.5371120

>>5371104
just like nam although it would sound lulzworthy to have a veteren of that war telling us the fight against bunnies

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