2007-06-27 03:01:28 · 8 answers · asked by clement h 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Easter
Rabbits and eggs are both symbols of the fertility goddess Eostre/Ishtar/Ostara. Her symbol is also the moon, in which some cultures see a rabbit instead of a face. Eggs also symbolize the moon and are the ultimate symbol of creation and new life. The basket is a symbol of the womb in which this new life is carried.
The feast day is pagan and was widely celebrated way before the time of Jesus. Like pretty much all holidays, it was adopted by Christians to help get more converts. However, since the point is to celebrate new life and the hope of continuance, Christian symbols of a Resurrection day and the old pagan symbols mean the same thing. Just like Christmas, we are all celebrating the same thing, just using different symbols.
2007-06-27 05:32:00 · answer #1 · answered by KC 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Back in Victorian England parents used to hide eggs on the lawn for children to find. The Children would go on an egg hunt and see all the rabbitts out and assume that the rabbits were dropping the eggs. The parents reinforced this belief with the story of the Easter bunny.
2007-06-27 10:10:03 · answer #2 · answered by Akkakk the befuddled 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rabbits and eggs are symbols of fertility. The English name, "Easter", and the German, "Ostern", derive from the name of a putative Anglo-Saxon Goddess of the Dawn (thus, of spring, as the dawn of the year) a time of new life
2007-06-27 10:16:00 · answer #3 · answered by Quizard 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because rabbits and eggs are both symbols of fertility and that is what Easter was before the Christians perverted the ancient rites of spring to bring practitioners into the fold along with the rest of the sheep.
2007-06-27 10:05:51 · answer #4 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
You're a regular Rhodes Scholar, aren't you?
2007-06-27 10:09:14 · answer #5 · answered by notyou311 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
He is helping out his friends "The Chickens".
2007-06-27 10:10:55 · answer #6 · answered by kitkat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they by em in the shops
2007-06-27 10:23:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don`t they! Wow... lol
2007-06-27 10:12:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋