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PMLA , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , 1891 , pp. 85 - 87
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Note 8 page 85 Brer Rabbit seems to owe his prominence is negro tales to a few Indian stories in which the hare gets the better of the lion (‘Panch,’ i, 8), or other strong animals (‘Panch,’ iii, 1; Siddhi-Kür'zz). According to Jacobs (Caxton, i 136 f., and Bidpai xliv ff.) Brer Rabbit has taken the place of Buddha himself in the story of the Tar-Baby (‘Uncle Remus,’ 1, ii; and the chapter on Brer Rabbit and his famous foot, ibid; ii, xxx).

Note 9 page 85 Modern Indian tales found within the sphere ef European influence and resembling European stories, amy be of European origin.