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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Obscure animals such as hen harriers and red stags are featured.
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** When hares die, they go to Heaven, but before that they must pass through Ifurin.

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** When hares die, they go to Heaven, become flowers, but before that they must pass through Ifurin.Ifurin, a place where the spirits of predators try to lead them astray.



** Hares believe that rabbits are a poor man's copy of hares created by humans. Rabbits are a failed copy, thus why they're slower and easier to catch than hares.

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** Hares believe that rabbits are a poor man's copy copies of hares created by humans. Rabbits are a failed copy, thus humans, hence why they're slower and easier to catch than hares.



* ShoutOut: To ''Literature/WatershipDown''. The hares have a tale about some rabbits who went on a long journey, including Le Noisette (Hazel) and Le Cinqueme (Fiver).

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* ShoutOut: To ''Literature/WatershipDown''. The hares have rabbits Skelter lives with for a tale time tell him about some a group of rabbits who went on a long journey, journey to find a new home, including Le Noisette Noisetier (Hazel) and Le Cinqueme Cinquieme (Fiver).
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* TheClan: Hares have clans, though they're loosely built and have no hierarchy. Skeeter's clan is the Screesiders.

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* TheClan: Hares have clans, though they're loosely built and have no hierarchy. Skeeter's Skelter's clan is the Screesiders.
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''Frost Dancers: A Story About Hares'' is a 1992 novel by Creator/GarryKilworth.

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''Frost Dancers: A Story About Of Hares'' is a 1992 novel by Creator/GarryKilworth.
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* FantasticRacism: Skelter is a mountain or blue hare, and is at first mistrusted by the brown hares he ends up living with, who dislike his "rabbity ways."

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** When hares die, they go to heaven, but before that they must pass through Ifurin.

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** When hares die, they go to heaven, Heaven, but before that they must pass through Ifurin.



* SharedUniverse: The book is implied to be in a shared universe with a previous book called ''Literature/HuntersMoon1989''. In that book, foxes believe in a predator afterlife called the Perfect Here. In ''Frost Dancers'', it's said that the spirits of predators like stouts try to tempt recently deceased hares to go to Perfect Here with them. If hares go with them, they're forced to feed predators for all eternity.

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* SharedUniverse: The book is implied to be in a shared universe with a previous book called ''Literature/HuntersMoon1989''. In that book, foxes believe in a predator afterlife called the Perfect Here. In ''Frost Dancers'', it's said that the spirits of predators like stouts stoats try to tempt recently deceased hares to go to Perfect Here with them. If hares go with them, they're forced to feed predators for all eternity.eternity.
* ShoutOut: To ''Literature/WatershipDown''. The hares have a tale about some rabbits who went on a long journey, including Le Noisette (Hazel) and Le Cinqueme (Fiver).



* TransNature: Bubba was raised by humans and thinks he's a human, not a hare.
* {{Xenofiction}}: The story is from the POV of hares who have a very inhuman view on the world.

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* TransNature: Bubba was raised by humans and thinks he's a human, not a hare.
an eagle.
* {{Xenofiction}}: The story is from the POV point of view of hares who have a very inhuman view on the world.
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* MatureAnimalStory: ''Frost Dancers'' is a story about hares that is aimed at adults.
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Obscure animals such as hen harriers and red stags.

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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Obscure animals such as hen harriers and red stags.stags are featured.

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* AnimalReligion: All hares have ghost-hares viewing after them. However, since there are many live hares but not many ghost-hares, one ghost-hare is the guardian of many.

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* AnimalReligion: AnimalReligion:
** When hares die, they go to heaven, but before that they must pass through Ifurin.
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All hares have ghost-hares viewing after them. However, since there are many live hares but not many ghost-hares, one ghost-hare is the guardian of many. Ghost-hares are the spirits of hares who were worshipped by humans and most are over two thousand winters old.



* CommonTongue: Domestic livestock speak "Farmyardese". Some animals, like rabbits, can also speak their ancient tongue but others, like cows, can only speak Farmyardese.
* JustSoStories:
** Hare myth is that humans came out of holes in the ground specifically to hunt hares.
** Hares believe that rabbits are a poor man's copy of hares created by humans. Rabbits are a failed copy, thus why they're slower and easier to catch than hares.



* ObliviousToLove: Skelter offends his friend Rushie by telling her that he views her [[JustFriends respects her and sees her as good company]], but he's never thought of making her his mate. Rushie gets upset at this. Skelter doesn't understand why.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: Obscure animals such as hen harriers, red stags, and

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* ObliviousToLove: Skelter offends his friend Rushie by telling her that he views her her [[JustFriends respects her and sees her as good company]], but he's never thought of making her his mate. Rushie gets upset at this. Skelter doesn't understand why.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: Obscure animals such as hen harriers, harriers and red stags, andstags.
* SharedUniverse: The book is implied to be in a shared universe with a previous book called ''Literature/HuntersMoon1989''. In that book, foxes believe in a predator afterlife called the Perfect Here. In ''Frost Dancers'', it's said that the spirits of predators like stouts try to tempt recently deceased hares to go to Perfect Here with them. If hares go with them, they're forced to feed predators for all eternity.
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->''It's not always the fastest runner that escapes the predator.''


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* AnimalReligion: All hares have ghost-hares viewing after them. However, since there are many live hares but not many ghost-hares, one ghost-hare is the guardian of many.
* TheClan: Hares have clans, though they're loosely built and have no hierarchy. Skeeter's clan is the Screesiders.
* MatingSeasonMayhem: Hares call mating season "frost dancing". It's a turbulent season where jacks fight over jills. It's the only time where hares have a hierarchy.
* ObliviousToLove: Skelter offends his friend Rushie by telling her that he views her [[JustFriends respects her and sees her as good company]], but he's never thought of making her his mate. Rushie gets upset at this. Skelter doesn't understand why.


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* SmallTownBoredom: Early in the book, Skelter looks at birds in the sky and wishes he could fly away to a better place. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor He gets his wish]] when humans kidnap him.

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''Frost Dancers: A Story About Hares'' is a 1995 novel by Creator/GarryKilworth.

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''Frost Dancers: A Story About Hares'' is a 1995 1992 novel by Creator/GarryKilworth.


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Skelter is a happy hare who lives an idyllic life in the wild. His life is uprooted when he and several other hares are captured and forced into hare coursing. Skelter manages to eventually escape, but his troubles aren't over. He's stuck in an unknown land far from home. The surrounding hares don't trust him and there's a mysterious, flying monster terrorizing the countryside.

''Frost Dancers: A Story About Hares'' is a 1995 novel by Creator/GarryKilworth.

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!!''Frost Dancers'' provides examples of:

* TransNature: Bubba was raised by humans and thinks he's a human, not a hare.
* {{Xenofiction}}: The story is from the POV of hares who have a very inhuman view on the world.

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