2007-03-31 04:57:02 · 7 answers · asked by DeborahDel 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Easter
Ostara, or Eostar, was originally a holiday to honor the spring goddess of the same name(s). It's a celebration of the coming of age of the sun god. It's the time all the little animals (and plants, for that matter) get all hot and bothered and wanna have little babies, hence the eggs as the symbol of fertility and the nearly-newborn earth. As for bunnies...like I said, the season of fertility! When Christians became dominant, they transposed the holiday of the resurrection of the son of god, who was already aligned with the sun god. His birth is celebrated at the time the sun returns to strength. His resurrection was likened by the early Christians to the Pagan celebration of the rebirth of the earth and coming of age of the sun.
2007-03-31 05:59:19 · answer #1 · answered by Emily H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all are based upon the pagan holiday Eostre.
when the Christians were beginning they wanted converts so they changed their own faith to gain them from the pagan faiths.
the eggs, bunnies and chicks represent the new births and new life with the coming of Spring and the end of Winter.
the chocolate is the attempted commercialization of the holiday
hope this helps
2007-03-31 12:05:36 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's to celebrate the coming of Spring, which was formally a pagan holiday.
2007-03-31 12:00:47 · answer #3 · answered by Tania La Güera 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is none its just been going on throuhout the generations that we celebrate easter with these symbols really it has nothing to do with jesus its another way to perge our pockets....
2007-03-31 12:03:42 · answer #4 · answered by nicky 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It represents the birth of new animals...springtime. New beginnings.
2007-03-31 12:02:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's all about the money.
Big business promotes all that stuff just like any other holiday.
2007-03-31 12:05:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Kids still need to have there fun to.
2007-03-31 14:15:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋