Bunny
The Easter bunny is often considered a part of Easter because of the notable ability of bunnies to proliferate. However, there are roots back to the actual name of Easter. A goddess of fertility, Eostre, (who may have been one of the inspirations for the name Easter) is said to have been accompanied by a hare. Although many sources debate this connection. The tradition of the bunny was brought to the U.S. by German settlers to Pennsylvania.
My goodness! I think if you are going to be so critical you might want to use your spellcheck so it at least looks like you have done your research and could be accountable for your knowledge!
By clshuler1, 04/06/2009, 3:41 PM EDT
So where are the explanations about the eggs? Also, I believe you are way off about this not! being a pagan holiday, it is totally a pagan holiday based on the rites of spring around the solstice (Mar 21st) and just like most of the "christian" holidays, this was adapted to the pagans rites & times of celebrations to ease them into & make them more accepting of the christian cult.
By RKloves, 04/06/2009, 9:10 AM EDT
This article did not explain anything about the traditions! So what is up with the eggs? I can tell you! What about the rabbits? I know htat too. The only statement you made was about it was created to resemble passover and not a pagan holiday. Yeah...I don't know how it could be anything like the pagan holiday when the earth is reborn in sprilng...meaning..it comes back to live. It really seems you really didn't even bought to do any reasearch at on on this.
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