Why is it the "Easter Bunny"?

Usual load of mixed up baloney about supposed ancient pagan stuff. Load of nonsense. Absolutley no historical evidence for any of it whatsoever. The idea of the Easter Bunny originated in Germany where they have the Easter Hare, NOT rabbit or bunny. Hares are associated with eggs through an old folk myth that hares lay eggs. The origins of this myth probably lie in the fact that hares raise their young in nests, not burrows, and these nests look a lot like some bird's nests. Hence the old tease when children, or gullible Americans, would be sent out with a basket to collect hare's eggs. Eggs are associated with Easter because Christians used to give them up for Lent and so eating them at Easter became a special occasion.

The easter bunny is such a messed up concept but my god I love it :D

Combo of christian and pagan beliefs. Easter falls in the spring when baby things proliferate--baby bunnies, baby ducks, baby chicks. Eggs too are a sign of reproduction. That's from the pagans. Christians incorporated it all to convert them pagans to christianity, thought it'd be easier (and it was) to have the easter celebration with baby animals making it fun.

Ty that's a pretty good question bunnies don't lay eggs. This comes from an ancient and forbidden pagan ritual for worshiping the fertility goddess in early spring for the spring equinox (when day light and night are almost equal). The goddess went by different names by different cultures Easter is her English name from the Germanic form of "Ostern" and derived from the name Eostre. The ritual differed slightly from the Easter festival that most of mainstream Christianity practices now. The ancient pagans would have a sacred ceremony where they would sacrifice a baby to the goddess, slice the baby down the middle, dip their sacred eggs in the blood and tie cord around them and hang them in their temples. The pagans would also sacrifice hares and baby chicks because of their prolific nature. Needless to say there was orgies and wild sex parties to help bring in the fertility for the year - yuk! The Roman church [claims] in an attempt to bring the pagans into the Christian church refurbished this heinous ritual minus the sacrificed babies. She kept the name of her ancient pagan goddess, the chicks and eggs and dipped them in dye instead of blood, replaced the hares with cute bunnies and ~ta-da~ the Roman church called it a Christian festival, Easter. How dare the Roman church say she doesn't know how Easter came about as a so-called Christian holiday that she herself brought in. Easter along with her rituals is no more Christian now than it was then. Be Blessed:-)

Let's break it down to a much simpler understanding: 1) Easter Bunny - Symbol of Fertility, even since the days of the Pagans. 2) Eggs - Symbol of Life, and to commoners, luxury (peasants don't get much chance to eat meat in the past). 3) Spring Basket - Symbol of Spring, as Easter falls between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox.

In the days of the early church, one way to attract pagan converts was to merge pagan ceremonies and celebrations with religious ones. Case in point: Christmas falling around the time of the Winter Solstice & Easter falling around the Spring Equinox. The bunny is a symbol of springtime and fertility--the emergence of new life that occurs this time of year. The bunny can also be attributed to the Germans who viewed rabbits in this way--you know the old joke about rabbit fertility. German traditions made their way to the US with the masses of immigrants that settled the country. While it seems ridiculous to think of rabbits laying eggs, the eggs themselves are also symbols of fertility and the promise of new life. We get Christmas trees from the Germans as well.

He only lays the ones he hides up his *** Happy easter

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someone said a rabbit was hanging around the tomb JESUS layed in something like that and when he died on the cross a particular fish went crazy when JESUS died something like that thats why you see the fish symbol.....