Can now Rabbits Really Lay Eggs
Apparently, the Easter Bunny can. He brings baskets of eggs to all the good small children. Along with the basket, Mr. Bunny adds some other candy and gifts for the special child. Another highlight is a colorful assortment of eggs – Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Speckled, Chocolate, Creme-Filled, Marbled, and Rainbow.
Exactly how did this whole story begin? What made the Easter bunny continue to keep laying eggs? How does the hare fit into the story at all?
Based on early legend, the Easter Bunny was once a large lovely bird that belonged to Eostre, a goddess. She was symbolic of spring and fertility, and a festivity was celebrated on the Vernal Equinox in her honor. Eostre decided at some point to transform her beloved bird into a hare.
Because the hare is still a bird at heart, he goes on to lay eggs in a nest. Hares and rabbits also serve as representations of abounding new life in the season of spring. It really is a hare that represents Easter.
Jakob Grimm crafted a correlation in 1835. He crafted a connection between Osterhase (Easter Bunny) and Easter Eggs to the goddess Eostre. Critics say that there’s a etymological relation between the words Eostre and the word for East. They also say it could suggest something other than the goddess herself. So it is anybody’s guess.
Certain stories also say the hare is a manifestation of fertility. Beliefs from around the world associate the rabbit with the moon because of human and lunar rhythms.
There are more bunnies just as renowned as the Easter Bunny such as Brer Rabbit and the Briar Patch, Peter Rabbit who was generated by Beatrix Potter, Bugs Bunny created in the late 1930’s, and Peter Cottontail which was published in the 1950’s. I doubt any of these are as renowned or eagerly looked forward to for each and every Easter dawn.
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