Editing Watership Down (section)

=== Mythical characters ===
* '''Frith:''' The primary deity in rabbit folklore, similar to the [[God]] of [[Abrahamic religions|Abraham]], said to have created the world. While forced to create ''elil'' (predators) because of the rabbits' refusal to stop [[overpopulation|overpopulating]] the Earth, Frith promised that rabbits would never be allowed to go extinct. In Lapine, the word ''Frith'' means "the sun/sunrise".
* '''El-ahrairah:''' A rabbit [[trickster]] [[culture hero]], who is the protagonist of nearly all of the rabbits' stories. He represents what every rabbit wants to be: Smart, devious, tricky, and devoted to the well-being of his warren. In Lapine, his name is a contraction of the phrase ''Elil-hrair-rah'', which means "prince with a thousand enemies". His stories of cleverness (and excessive hubris) are similar to [[Br'er Rabbit]] and [[Anansi]].<!----PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS TO SAY HE WAS THE FIRST RABBIT OR AN ANALOGY TO ADAM. NOTHING OF THE SORT IS REFERENCED IN ANY OF ADAM'S MATERIALS WHATSOEVER.---->
* '''Prince Rainbow:''' A lesser deity in rabbit folklore, tasked by Frith to organize the world. He often abuses his power to try to harm or rein in El-ahrairah and the rabbits, but is always outsmarted.
* '''Rabscuttle:''' Another mythical folk hero, Rabscuttle is El-ahrairah's second-in-command and Owsla Captain. He participates in many of El-ahrairah's capers. He is considered to be almost as clever as his chief. His name may be a reference to a rabbit's "scut", or tail.
* '''Black Rabbit of Inlé:''' Known as ''Inlé-rah'' ("Prince/Chief of the Moon" or "Prince/Chief of the Dead") to his ghostly Owsla, he is a sombre [[ghost|phantom]] servant of the god Frith who appears in rabbit [[folklore]] as a kind of analogue to the [[Personifications of death|grim reaper]]. His duty is to ensure all rabbits die at their predestined time, and he avenges any rabbit killed without his consent. ''Inlé'' is the Lapine term for the moon/moonrise, as well as the word for the Land of the Dead.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Adams |first=Richard |date=2005 |orig-year=1972 |title=Watership Down |publisher=Scribner |location=New York, London, Toronto, Sydney |isbn=978-0-7432-7770-9 }}</ref>