Eostre's, sacred animal was of course, a white rabbit and that's why bunnies have been associated with easter.
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PNG. The easter bunny and easter eggs originated as pagan symbols of spring and rebirth. Easter eggs also have a religious connotation.
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Many a man and kid alike has wondered what does jesus have to do with eggs and bunnies. Again, the basis for the association is fertility and new life. In short, bunnies really have nothing to do with the biblical account of easter, directly at least.
Nowhere in the bible do we see a rabbit of any sort appear in.
It is a time of year when we color the eggs and stores are full of bunny decorations. Another interesting theory on the origin of bunnies has to do with eostre, the germanic paganistic goddess of fertility. It's pretty awesome to think that the easter bunny tradition hasn't changed much in over 400 years, and that some of the things we do at easter go back even further to ancient times. Tales of the easter bunny have been passed on for generations, but chances are, you probably have no idea where they originated.
