Around this time of year, you will probably find yourself asking the question of "why the fuck is there an Easter bunny that brings fucking eggs around!? Rabbits don't lay eggs!".
If you do ask this, I do not blame you, because it makes no sense. It'd make more sense if there was an Easter chicken.
The fluffy, big eared fraud has been around for centuries, acting like the Santa Claus of the spring. It turns out though, that the explanation for a bunny representing a holiday dominated by eggs, isn't an explanation at all. It's just a web of lies. Or an Easter pterodactyl.
Originally, Easter Sunday was solely celebrated by Christians as the day Jesus rose from the dead. According to Discovery News, Pagans came up with all of the things we associate with Easter today in 13th century Germany.
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The Teutonic deity Eostra was the goddess of spring and fertility, which also covered Easter. Because of her links to fertility, and because of rabbits' tendencies to reproduce at high rates (hence the term 'at it like a pair of rabbits'), a rabbit was her symbol.
Spring also symbolised new life and rebirth, which was represented by eggs. Because Jesus rose from the dead around this time the eggs came to represent the event, which is why eggs are exchanged as gifts during the holiday.
Therefore, the two seemingly became one and rabbits began to drop off nests of coloured eggs everywhere around that time of year. The chocolate came along so companies could make money.
Words by Mark McGowan
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