Hare Moon

In the Middle East the female hare Akrasha, through her association with the moon and six stars known as Al Thurayya, was thought to drive away evil djinns. Cultures in many places around the world as far apart as India, China, Mexico, Africa, North America, and Europe linked the hare symbolically with the moon, the dawn, the seasons, madness, and sometimes with fire. In Britain the full moon in April was called the ‘hare moon.’

– Jill Mason
The Hare, p. 101