2006-12-23 11:32:34 · 20 answers · asked by The Zunester 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Easter
It's one of the life games that people play. So I guess it's REALLY how you look at it. To me, it should be like how many think about Christmas- a celebration of Christ, only not his birth but his death and rise. So let's say the egg represents new life and fertility and hiding the eggs makes it fun for kids.
2006-12-24 16:41:31 · answer #1 · answered by a_mom4hire@sbcglobal.net 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The rabbit was actually in older folklore a hare and it represented springtime fertility because of their tendency to have large multiple births.
The coloring of eggs was first seen among the Greeks. Red was the color of Spring renewal and green of Spring foliage.
As for hiding them, there are several old folk poems of French and Greek origins that refer to stories of eggs falling from the sky or appearing in special baskets woven by children. NO connection to the current custom of hiding it by hand.
All of this is irrelevant since the story of Easter is that of the Resurrection of Christ.
2006-12-25 16:10:29 · answer #2 · answered by Mr O 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's based on the Pagan Goddess Eostre (pronounce E-O-stare) also known as Ostara. When Christian leaders attempted to convert Pagans, the wanted as many likenesses in Christian holidays as in Pagan holidays, so they placed them on the dates of the Pagan Holidays. Easter was placed on the Vernal Equinox (When winter becomes spring), Christmas was placed on the Winter Solstice.
Additionally, the Goddess of spring and the vernal equinox was Eostre, she was also sometime represented as a bunny, hence the Easter bunny. She was the also the Goddess of fertility and eggs. So pagan tradition has people decorate eggs and cakes as an offering to Eostre on the vernal equinox. henceforth the eggs that we decorate on Easter
2006-12-24 02:38:04 · answer #3 · answered by MR 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because eggs resemeble rocks which are non-living but living things spring from them. They are a symbol of rebirth. They are only hidden because children like to hunt for lost objects.
2006-12-23 11:42:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's prodably because people want children to know how the two women (that went to the tomb Jesus was in) felt when they discovered he wasn't there. They searched for Jesus like we search for eggs.
2006-12-27 02:36:34 · answer #5 · answered by Autumn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a pagan festival as the girl said to do with fertility and spring...why we hide them? Just for fun I imagine
2006-12-23 11:41:21 · answer #6 · answered by Refti 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe just for the fun of it... I mean, I like to hide eggs. Don't you? Lol...
2006-12-24 09:21:46 · answer #7 · answered by mymandy789 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a pagan tradition added to christianity. The christmas tree is also a celebration of fertitlity and honor to man. Not sure of its origin though.
2006-12-25 01:27:52 · answer #8 · answered by Beaverscanttalk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because God likes eggs
2006-12-24 15:48:59 · answer #9 · answered by taylerkiz 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its all about Jesus. The devil made up the eggs. And the easter bunny.
2006-12-24 07:50:09 · answer #10 · answered by DD 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋