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What does the easter bunny have to do with Easter?

What does the easter bunny have to do with easter?

  • Ok, I just thought i might ask- Why is there an easter bunny that hops round and hands out eggs??? I mean, bunies have nothing to do with jesus being killed?!?And y eggs? Y ...show more

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    Easter was originally the festival of Ostara, named after the Teutonic Goddess Eostra..She was the Goddess of Spring and fertility... Under Constantine in the 4th century AD, the Christians assimilated this festival and called it the Resurrection.. I will cut a long story short.. The name Easter is derived from the Goddess Oestare, Ostern, Eostra or Eostre, depending upon which literature you read...How's this girls.. The female hormone oestrogen can claim its roots to this Goddess..The fertility aspect of Ostara is symbolised by the egg, which appears as a prominent icon in both Christian and Eastern Orthodox Easters... It is believed that eggs and another symbol of fertility - the rabbit - surrounded the Spring Goddess, Eostra.. The rabbit, popularly known as the Easter Bunny, is another ubiquitous sign of modern Easter.. Let's talk about hot cross buns..... The cross represents the cross that Jesus died on ..... Right Christians ??? Wrong to the power of 2... Hot cross buns were another stolen aspect of Ostara... At the feast of Oestre, an ox was sacrificed.. The ox horns symbolised the feast and were carved into ritual bread . The symmetrical cross has been continued to decorate the buns, that are now commonly called hot cross buns.. So you see it was stolen from the Pagans, Life, Death, Rebirth, it represents to us.. The Christians stole it to represent the Resurrection... Love and Light.. Blessed Be.. )O(

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It's roots are in an ancient pagan religion that dates back centuries. This is also a history lesson in which would take a long time, so I'll keep it short. In ancient times, eggs around the time of Easter were abundant, because the Catholic church outlawed eating eggs because of lint. Pagans were eventually Incorporated into the Roman empire, so Catholics and protestants adopted religious beliefs that would unify Christians and pagans, this is the case with Christmas as well. So in the pagan religion, the egg represents fertility, and the rabbit or hare represented ancient German folklore which depicted a hare as a barer of gifts. "Easter" comes from an ancient pagan goddess of the spring named Eostre, related to German Ostara. So in modern times, Easter is a marriage of pagan religious beliefs and Christianity.

Rome

Calm down. Try researching the origins of easter. But anyways good question =)

marissaballa12

ever hear the expression breeds like bunnies ? well bunnies make allot of babys so they are symbols of fertility, spring is often associated with fertility because allot of animals have babies in this season, & trees are sprouting leaves, new plants are growing , etc.

PIKA

ok, the easter bunny BRINGS gifts. Jesus BRINGS us the gift of eternal life because He died on the cross and rose again.

snoballpoodle

When the Catholic church decided when Easter should be celebrated, they decided to use it to replace the pagan celebration of the Vernal Equinox. Because the pre-existing festival was all about the upcoming spring and fertile fields, it used lots of images related to fertility and life, mainly eggs and rabbits. Then the two celebrations got a little mixed up.

ensnentill

The Easter bunny is in the same catagory as, The great pumpkin, santa claus,elves, etc. They are there for the enjoyment of kids.

rick

The Easter Bunny was just a fun creation for young children, as a celebration of springtime. It's not intended to replace or subjugate Jesus. It's supposed to be fun. And if you don't find it fun, just ignore it. You sound like your blood pressure is spiking dangerously, dear.

The Snappy Miss Pippi Von Trapp

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Joseph

EASTER bunny, duh.............

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