So prolific was the animal that early peoples regarded it as an outstanding example of all that was procreative in nature. It was the rabbit’s fecundity, though, that helped to give its body parts their strongest association with good luck and prosperity. Thus, a rabbit was privy to information that humans were denied. The Celts believed that the animal spent so much time underground because it was in secret communication with the netherworld. The fetish represented good luck, not bad. The rabbit-foot amulet allegedly had its origins in Western Europe sometime before 600 B.C.
