2007-02-15 02:56:29 · 19 answers · asked by vulu 3 in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
chickens can't lay Easter eggs, only wabbits
2007-02-15 02:59:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The celebrations of Easter were ORIGINALLY a Pagan celebration until the Christians decided to steal that holiday (as well as the yule/winter sostice) in an attempt to force Pagans into converting to Christianity. Anyway...Spring is a time for earth to renew herself and a time of rebirth and fertility, rabbits are said to be extremely fertile (ever hear the phrase "multiply like rabbits?") so they became the "symbol" of the celebration of the Vernal Equinox (what Christians call Easter) The "easter bunny" bringing eggs is the rabbit (fertility) bringing new life (all life comes from eggs).
2007-02-15 11:05:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Quite a lot actually, based on Pagan myths:
Easter is also a celebration of life over death as Jesus rises again; just like the God of Light rises again to defeat the God of Darkness. Does Easter seem to have an oddly familiar ring to it? That's because it is derived from the Teutonic Goddess Eostre, (which incidentally is where we also get the name "estrogen" from -- yep, the female hormone), who's symbols were the Egg and the Rabbit. I know lights are going off, so yes... exactly where the Easter Bunny and Easter Eggs came from. Rabbits are a symbol of fertility (as in 'they are worse than rabbits!' in reference to sexual habits) and Eggs are a symbol of creation.
2007-02-15 11:04:54 · answer #3 · answered by moonshadow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This question was brought up in my english class and the answer is that easter represents fertility as does the egg, as does the rabbit......Every holliday has a animal or "fictional thing" involved and the easter bunny is more understandable than the easter egg was here today and left candy........Make since now!!!
2007-02-15 11:05:15 · answer #4 · answered by Justanothachicka 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easter celebrations were held by Pagans hundreds of years before Christ was born as festivals of spring honoring Eostre, the great mother goddess of the Saxons. This name was fashioned after the ancient word for spring, Eastre. The goddess Ostara was the Norse equivalent whose symbols were the hare and the egg. From this comes our modern tradition of celebrating Easter with eggs and bunnies.
2007-02-15 12:34:33 · answer #5 · answered by How do I delete this? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bunnies come out in the spring and easter is in the spring and that is why the easter bunning is comming to town is a good saying because spring is hear and so are the bunnies. Take care Heather
2007-02-15 10:59:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rabbits (and eggs) are signs of fertility. Traditionally, other cultures have had fertility festivals in the spring (when nature starts blooming, etc.) Early Christianity adopted the egg for the Easter holiday (persisting especially in Eastern Europe, like the Ukraine) as a sign of rebirth and popular culture kept the rabbit.
2007-02-15 11:00:48 · answer #7 · answered by Cobalt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easter is named for the pagan god Eostre.
The symbols of the Norse Goddess Eostre were the hare and the egg. Both represented fertility. From these, we have inherited the customs and symbols of the Easter egg and Easter rabbit.
2007-02-15 10:59:15 · answer #8 · answered by john_stolworthy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that it probably has something to do with the fact that bunnies (and most other wildlife) are born in spring, and Easter is in that time frame, and it also represents new life. But you never know. Someone may've just said to themselves "I like bunnies."
2007-02-15 10:59:56 · answer #9 · answered by kaiticometrue 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The wabbit carries the basket with all the candy because it's hard for chickens to carry baskets since they have no arms.
2007-02-15 11:00:23 · answer #10 · answered by trivia buff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋