Easter Bunny Origins?

In Christianity, Easter marks the day that Jesus Christ was resurrected from the dead. So is anybody else confused how anybody related a giant rabbit that, somehow, lays multicolored eggs to Easter? How or why, did this even come to be? Prick at your brains no longer, for I am here to rescue you from, your dark and lonely dungeon that is your brain not knowing useless facts.

Many hundreds of years ago, Pagan cultures held spring festivals. One of these festivals was dearly devoted to Eostre, the goddess of dawn. Eostre was linked to the hare (rabbit, bunny, etc. whatever you like to call it) and the egg, both a symbol of fertility.

Christian missionaries, on their journey of conversions, and in an attempt to convert the Pagan population, began to turn traditionally Pagan festivals into Christian holidays by merging the Pagan traditions with their own. The Germans converted the Pagan rabbit into ‘Oschter Haws’, a rabbit that laid a bountiful nest of brightly colored eggs as gifts for all the good children.

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~SAsammygirl