As Easter lingers around the corner, I thought it would be interesting to share this little artlicle from www.didyouknow.org.
Every year, I hear the same question. Why is the East Bunny and East Eggs? Rabbits don’t have eggs…and so forth….so here is an explanation.
Why are there bunnies and eggs at Easter?”
The ancient Anglo-Saxons celebrated the return of spring with a carnival commemorating their goddess of offspring and of springtime, Eostre. The word carnival possibly originated from the Latin ‘carne vale’ meaning “flesh, farewell” or “meat, farewell.” The offerings were rabbits and coloured eggs, bidding an end to winter.
As it happened, the pagan festival of Eostre occurred at the same time of year as the Christian observance of the Resurrection of Christ and it didn’t take the Christian missionaries long to convert the Anglo-Saxons when they encountered them in the second century. The offering of rabbits and eggs eventually became the Easter bunny and Easter eggs.
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