Question about Easter..?

Question

What do coloring/hiding eggs and a rabbit have to do with Easter (Resurrection of Jesus).

Answer 1

dunno.
good question.

Answer 2

The name Easter comes from a pagan figure called Eastre (or Eostre) who was celebrated as the goddess of spring by the Saxons of Northern Europe. A festival called Eastre was held during the spring equinox by these people to honor her. The goddess Eastre’s earthly symbol was the rabbit, which was also known as a symbol of fertility. Originally, there were some very pagan (and sometimes utterly evil) practices that went along with the celebration. In our day, Easter is almost a completely commercialized holiday, with all the focus on Easter eggs and the Easter bunny being remnants of the goddess worship.

Answer 3

Easter does not mean the Resurrection of Jesus. Its origins are the same as the Latin word for summer and also oestrus, the time of fertility in a female cycle. Eggs and rabbits are signs of fertility which go with the equinoctial spring festival of Easter. The fertility symbols were there long before Cristianty came along. Christianity just borrowed the festival from the pagans just as they borrowed the winter solstice festival and called it Christmas.

Answer 4

Well, I'm not too sure about the rabbit, but I know about the eggs. During lent, many people used to give up eggs (I guess they were much more popular a while ago) and would look forward to eating eggs on Easter. I suppose the rabbit was made up as a way to add some commercialism to the holiday and deliver these eggs.

Answer 5

The colouring of eggs has to with christian tradition taken from pagan ritual. It is associated with legends of the Virgin Mary and also Mary Magdalen. That's in the first link.

The second link explains about the hiding (not very well I grant you) and the bunny itself. It has an annoying tune so sound down. Basically it's got to do with the rabbit in the moon (I always thought that was Chinese not Egyptian, guess it must be both), which represents new life, and some woman hiding the eggs in a famine - I can only assume to eke them out.

Hope this helps. Thanks for asking this so I could look it up and learn this myself.

Answer 6

Nothing. They are practices used by people looking for something/anything else to celebrate on Resurrection Sunday.

As is the case with almost every Christian holiday or ritual, there are other (sometimes pagan in origin) rituals or customs practiced at the same time. They were brought in by people who wanted an alternative to the Christian rituals, or were unwilling to give up their old rituals.

But because some people do not correctly celebrate the Resurrection of Christ, does not make the true celebration of it a "pagan" holiday. The whole world around you can celebrate rabbits and eggs, and you can still celebrate Christ in a way that pleases and honors God on the same day.

Answer 7

Easter is a pagan fertility festival.

The first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox.

the egg and rabbit are both pagan symbols of fertility.

Easter is not the only pagan holiday that is followed by christians.

Answer 8

Every religion, when it spreads, tries to adopt the native beliefs and rituals to express its tenets. Christianity intentionally did this as well, tying the resurrection concept with existing pagan holidays and rituals. We then kept some of those rituals as cultural fun things. Too many people try to disprove or disvalue a religion because the religion's rituals and holidays are pagan in origin. They don't understand that this is INTENTIONAL and LOGICAL. I'm an atheist and I cringe when I see other atheists take the Path of Moronity and try to discredit christianity with this sophomoric misunderstanding.

Answer 9

Coloring eggs has nothing to my present knowledge with Jesus's resurrection.

Answer 10

actually easter was originally a pagan holiday. but christianity and catholism came into the equation. since the churches wanted to control everyone they said that anyone who opposed their religion was a witch and killed them. since so many people were used to celebrating on those days anyway, they made up holy days to have an excuse to continue celebrating on those days.

the egg is the symbol of fertility and rebirth. it is celebrated in the spring when the earth is reborn from its frozen sleep.

Answer 11

They don't have anything to do with Jesus.

Easter was named after the Assyrian fertility goddess, Ishtar. Bunnies and eggs are merely symbols of the fertility goddess.

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