Rabbits are mammals similar to the real-life animal. They are related to hares.
Culture
Ygritte wears a rabbitskin vest.[1]
The Windblown mockingly refer to Faezhar zo Faez as "the Rabbit".[2]
History
During the Moon of the Three Kings, Trystane Truefyre granted the poor the right to take rabbits, hares, and deer from the kingswood.[3]
After the First Blackfyre Rebellion, King Daeron II Targaryen granted the right to hunt red deer, boar, and rabbits in Wat's Wood to Wyman Webber, Lord of Coldmoat, and his descendants.[4]
Recent Events
A Clash of Kings
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Arya Stark, disguised as "Arry" while part of Yoren's band of recruits for the Night's Watch, kills a rabbit as they travel north from King's Landing. Yoren stews the rabbit and gives a leg to Arya, who shares it with Gendry. Rorge calls mocks her as "Lumpyface Lumpyhead Rabbitkiller".[5]
Benfred Tallhart raises a company of young lancers during the War of the Five Kings. After Leobald Tallhart calls them young rabbits, they dub themselves the Wild Hares and tie rabbitskins to the ends of their lances.[6]
Gilly plans to breed rabbits in a rabbit hutch at Craster's Keep,[7] but Ghost, the direwolf of Jon Snow, gets into the rabbits.[8][9] Ghost eats one of the rabbits, and Jon cooks the other.[7]
Rabbits are turned on spits and basted with honey in the kitchen of Harrenhal.[10]
Three rabbits are flushed from the underbrush when Theon Greyjoy's hunting party searches for the missing Bran and Rickon Stark in the wolfswood.[11]
A Storm of Swords
Sharna serves rabbits to Arya and the brotherhood without banners at the Inn of the Kneeling Man.[12]
A Dance with Dragons
Patchface is given a motley cloak of beaver pelts, sheepskins, and rabbit fur while at Eastwatch-by-the-Sea.[13]
Quotes
One day she came across a rabbit, purely by happenstance. It was brown and fat, with long ears and a twitchy nose. Rabbits ran faster than cats, but they couldn't climb trees half so well.[5]
—thoughts of Arya Stark
I like my tale better, and so will the smallfolk. Most of them believe that if a woman eats rabbit while pregnant, her child will be born with long floppy ears.[14]
—Petyr Baelish to Pycelle
The rabbit was a shade underdone, but tasted wonderful.[7]
—thoughts of Jon Snow
Man wants to be the king o' the rabbits, he best wear a pair o' floppy ears.[15]
References
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 26, Jon III.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 25, The Windblown.
- ↑ Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Sworn Sword.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 9, Arya III.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 16, Bran II.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 23, Jon III.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 5, Samwell I.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 7, Jon II.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 47, Arya IX.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 50, Theon IV.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 13, Arya II.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 44, Jon IX.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 15, Tyrion III.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 2, Daenerys I.