What's the dealio? I know one theory is that Saint Peter was actually a rabbit... anyone have a idea the connection?
2007-04-07 11:33:35 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Christians hijacked the holiday. Before then, it was a holiday celebrating fertility and the goddess Ostara. The eggs are a symbol of fertility.
2007-04-07 11:37:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
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.
2007-04-07 14:44:59 · answer #2 · answered by Freedom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They both came to exist by means of a fertilized egg.
After that the similarity ends.
Easter was a holiday even before Jesus walked the earth. I understand the name "Easter" is an adaptation of Eostre, the name for a pagan goddess that was believed by the Anglo-Saxons.
2007-04-07 12:30:07 · answer #3 · answered by Harley Charley 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Easter bunny is from a pagan holiday. The Resurrection Sunday is why we celebrate Jesus on Sunday following the passover.
2007-04-07 11:55:55 · answer #4 · answered by linnea13 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Watching a bit too much South Park? Actually Bunnies and Eggs have nothing to do with Jesus, they have to do with spring and fertility. They are old pre-Christian traditions. It just happens that Jesus died around the time of the beginning of Spring, so the two became linked.
2007-04-07 11:40:39 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Easter Bunny is one of the 4 horsemen of the Apocalypse, along with Santa Claus, Cupid, and their leader the Headless Horseman.
2007-04-07 11:43:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
This Easter Bunny was invented as a way of luring small children into the church.
Just like the witch and her gingerbread house.
2007-04-07 12:26:38 · answer #7 · answered by God Fears Me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't think there is a connection. Easter rabbit is just something that has been adopted more or less.
2007-04-07 11:38:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
they are not connected Jesus is the real reason for Easter . Easter bunny is just retail profiting from the holiday.
2007-04-07 11:38:42 · answer #9 · answered by wondering_lefty 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They are not connected, when the christains emerged with the pagans they kept some of the pagan customs and easter with the bunny and egg are really pagan, they mean in the pagan world fertility. Easter is PAGAN.
2007-04-07 11:39:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋