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I disagree that this is HighFantasy. The page for that says that the typical elements of HighFantasy are that they are set in a world other than ours, have an epic scale in terms of events, has an unnatural enemy that is evil incarnate, and victory is not achieved through combat. Watership Down is pretty much the opposite of all those; it\'s set on Earth, has a very small scale by our standards, and though the enemy is clearly evil, he is a natural rabbit, not some horrific monstrosity. Victory over him is also achieved, at least in part, through a climactic final battle. So, Watership Down really has no elements of HighFantasy. I\'d say LowFantasy is probably a better label.
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I disagree that this is HighFantasy. The page for that says that the typical elements of HighFantasy are that they are set in a world other than ours, have an epic scale in terms of events, has an unnatural enemy that is evil incarnate, and victory is not achieved through combat. Watership Down is pretty much the opposite of all those; it\\\'s set on Earth, has a very small scale by our standards, and though the enemy is clearly evil, he is a natural rabbit, not some horrific monstrosity. Victory over him is also achieved, at least in part, through a climactic final battle. So, Watership Down really has no elements of HighFantasy. I\\\'d say LowFantasy is probably a better label (and even that\\\'s being generous, since the only supernatural elements are prophetic powers, which are vague and not really focused on).
