the Hare of Inaba (a hare who got stripped bare of its fur by 鰐 (wani, “crocodiles”), but saved by 大国主 (Ōkuninushi))

tradition / legend / folklore

part, portion / copy of a newspaper or book

myth; mythology (divine story) / myth (baselessly absolutized concept)

A rabbit with white fur. / The Echigo hare, Lepus brachyurus angustidens, in its white winter coat.

Inaba Province, an old province of Japan / a surname

(archaic) antique, old-fashioned / (colloquial) ancient

ancient times, antiquity, remote ages

urban myth; urban legend

mythology (the study of)