Friday, May 14, 2010

What Is The Significance Of The Rabbit and the Egg During Easter?

I am aware of the ties to Christianity, but I was wondering how the rabbit and the eggs came to associate itself with the holiday...What Is The Significance Of The Rabbit and the Egg During Easter?
As with many holidays, Easter started out as a religious holiday (actually, Easter was originally a pagan holiday, and later became known as a Christian holiday).


As for the Easter bunny, this concept dates back to the times when Easter was a pagan holiday. The symbol of a rabbit was associated with the pagan festival ';Eastre.'; The rabbit symbol was used because the goddess of Eastre was worshipped by the pagans by her earthly symbol, the rabbit.





As for the distribution of Easter eggs, this is also an ancient tradition. Eggs were viewed as the symbol of rebirth, and would be wrapped in gold leaf (if you were rich) or dyed by boiling them with the petals of brightly colored flowers (if you were a peasant). The eggs were then given, exchanged, etc.





As the holiday became modernized, the two traditions became one.What Is The Significance Of The Rabbit and the Egg During Easter?
They are Pagan symbols of fertility for celebration of Spring Equinox.


Many Pagan symbols were turned Christian when they were trying to get the Pagans to convert :)

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