Rabbits don't lay eggs, chickens do.
2006-12-20 23:28:16 · 15 answers · asked by Kris 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Rabbits and eggs have to do with fertility. The celebration of Easter took the place of the celebration for fertility. It's what the church would do to get people to stop worshipping their gods and worship Jesus/God.
From Wikipedia:
Decorated eggs are much older than Easter, and both eggs and rabbits are age-old fertility symbols. The Passover Seder service uses a hard-cooked egg flavored with salt water as a symbol both of new life and the Temple service in Jerusalem. The Jewish tradition may have come from earlier Roman Spring feasts.
The name "Easter" originated with the names of an ancient Goddess and God. The Venerable Bede, (672-735 CE.) a Christian scholar, first asserted in his book De Ratione Temporum that Easter was named after Eostre (a.k.a. Eastre). She was the Great Mother Goddess of the Saxon people in Northern Europe. Similarly, the "Teutonic dawn goddess of fertility [was] known variously as Ostare, Ostara, Ostern, Eostra, Eostre, Eostur, Eastra, Eastur, Austron and Ausos." Despite attempts to Christianise it Easter is accepted by the majority of scholars to be a pagan fertility rite in origin celebrating the rebirth of life in spring.
2006-12-20 23:31:59 · answer #1 · answered by ThatLady 5 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Because both easter AND christmas are "holidays" stolen from the Pagans.....you know, the OLDEST actual religion on the planet. The rabbit represents fertility and the eggs new life in accordance with Pagan rituals. REMEMBER THIS: EVERY SINGLE TRADITION/HOLIDAY HAS BEEN STOLEN BY THE CHRISTIANS. Remember that. Sad, isn't it? Caroling, wreaths on the door, trees inside, 12 days of (winter solstice) xmas... all of these and more ... STOLEN by the christians. be well, Jack
2006-12-20 23:33:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it is to do with fertility. Easter is the start of Spring, the growing season. Eggs symbolise birth and the rabbits the ease of reproduction.
Well maybe...
2006-12-20 23:32:45 · answer #3 · answered by Belinda 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
::sighs:: let me just say first of all no holidays were 'stolen' by the Christians the pagans that converted. with their own free will ,brought their holidays and traditions with them and added the wonderfulness of Christian thought.
Therefore the easter egg became a symbol of life, just like butterflies and chickens emerge from their 'tomb' of egg and cocoon so did Christ emerge from a the tomb a new life.
(Western European culture merged the birds and 'hares' fertility
time in the spring and gave rabbits egg laying capabilities.. its just a funny story for children)
2006-12-20 23:45:00 · answer #4 · answered by Tapestry6 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
An element of another tradition probably paganism that was incorporated into the holidy. But it is not symbolic only a fun tradition. Some people can't separate the two because their reality is too narrow.
2006-12-20 23:36:56 · answer #5 · answered by bicentennialbuck 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
::sighs:: let me just say first of all no holidays were 'stolen' by the Christians the pagans that converted. with their own free will, brought their holidays and traditions with them and added the wonderfulness of Christian thought.
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Riiiiiiiiight... can I interest you in a bridge?
"After Rome was declared a Christian Empire by Theodosius in 389, laws were passed against pagan worship over the course of the following years. Those who continued to worship the pagan gods were often imprisoned, tortured, and put to death. Many of the ancient pagan temples were subsequently defiled, sacked, and destroyed, or converted into Christian sites. As such, the Christianization attributed to Constantine eventually became a very violent process under Theodosius." -- Wikipedia
"Theodosius, the Great became Emperor in 378 after the death of Julian and promoted Christianity to the point of persecuting all non-christian pagans. Under Theodosius, Christianity became the solely accepted legal religion and thus making it the state religion of the Roman Empire." -- Bible-truth.org
"Convert or die" doesn't sound very much like "free will" to me.
But then, "Believe in me or burn forever in Hell" doesn't sound much like "free will" to me, either.
2006-12-21 02:47:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Easter Bunny as an Easter image seems to have its origins in Alsace and southwestern Germany, the position it replaced into first said in German writings interior the 1600s. the first fit to be eaten Easter Bunnies were made in Germany in the course of the early 1800s and were made up of pastry and sugar. The Easter Bunny replaced into presented to u . s . a . with the help of the German settlers who arrived interior the Pennsylvania Dutch u . s . in the course of the 1700s. the visual attraction of the "Oschter Haws" (a phonetic transcription of the German Osterhase) replaced into seen actual one of "early existence's maximum ideal pleasures," such as the visual attraction of Kris Kringle (from the German Christkindl) on Christmas Eve. in accordance to the custom, little ones would construct brightly colored nests, in many circumstances out of caps and bonnets, in secluded elements of their houses. The Oschter Haws would, if the youngsters were good, lay brightly colored eggs interior the nest. because the custom spread, the nest has change into the synthetic, cutting-edge Easter basket, and the putting of the nest in a secluded section has change into the custom of hiding baskets.
2016-12-01 01:05:23 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is something that has puzzled me also.I am sure that it has something to do with the children and some sort of reward for their behavior.
2006-12-20 23:32:35 · answer #8 · answered by one10soldier 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
just another Vain attempt from people who dont believe/despise God to blind the world and the children of men from the truth.
2006-12-21 00:58:50 · answer #9 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It has nothing to do with Easter. But the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ has everything to do with Easter.
http://www.handlethetruth.net
2006-12-20 23:32:18 · answer #10 · answered by truth_handler 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋