Word: remus
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There seems little doubt but that this was realized in the earliest days. Greek politicians had no scruples about manufacturing mythology to fit their needs, as Mr. H. I. Brock pointed out recently in the Times,--and the Romulus and Remus fable, invented, or at least encouraged by latter-day Roman rulers, must have had an effect in developing the Roman superiority complex, which like most such complexes, was based on a feeling of uniqueness or "differentness". The growth of national legends and national folk-lore came before the awakening of national consciousness or patriotism in Europe; the results...
...Rabbit, of whom the brown cotton bunny is a representation, was suggested years ago by Mr. Gompers' secretary, who detected a decided likeness between Uncle Remus' Br'er Rabbit and her chief. It was the play of wits between Br'er Rabbit and the enemies that sought to corner him that made the secretary think of the mental adroitness of Samuel Gompers in a similar situation. She found the rabbit "human looking, with a glint of knowingness in his eye, an all-pervading air of goodwill, an absence of bitterness in his make-up." So she purchased the cotton rabbit...
...passing of this traditional symbol of Ancient Rome is regarded as an augury of misfortune to the Eternal City. Since time immemorial it has been the custom to keep a wolf on the steps of the Capitol, as well as three eagles, to symbolize the Romulus and Remus legend...