Comments on: E is for eggs, which bunnies don’t lay so that part of Easter really makes absolutely no sense. http://www.kaitlynology.com/blog/?p=1538 Someone once told me I was delusional. I almost fell off of my unicorn. Thu, 02 May 2013 11:54:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kait http://www.kaitlynology.com/blog/?p=1538&cpage=1#comment-11245 Kait Sun, 08 Apr 2012 01:03:39 +0000 http://www.kaitlynology.com/blog/?p=1538#comment-11245 Actually, I had to write a paper all about Eastre the pagan goddess for my English class at co-op. The bunnies were a sign of fertility because they are so fruitful with their offspring. When Christian missionaries went to convert pagans, the pagans were unwilling to give up their celebrations and traditions, so they met at a middle ground, calling the holiday Easter after their goddess and keeping the Bunny symbol but allowing the Christians to incorporate Christ, thereby making the holiday we all know today. The end. Actually, I had to write a paper all about Eastre the pagan goddess for my English class at co-op. The bunnies were a sign of fertility because they are so fruitful with their offspring. When Christian missionaries went to convert pagans, the pagans were unwilling to give up their celebrations and traditions, so they met at a middle ground, calling the holiday Easter after their goddess and keeping the Bunny symbol but allowing the Christians to incorporate Christ, thereby making the holiday we all know today.
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]]> By: Taylor J. http://www.kaitlynology.com/blog/?p=1538&cpage=1#comment-11243 Taylor J. Sat, 07 Apr 2012 23:32:14 +0000 http://www.kaitlynology.com/blog/?p=1538#comment-11243 I’m fairly sure I’ve been copied somehow. And as I found out earlier this week, the word Easter comes from “Ishtar,” a Babylonian goddess of fertility and life, which is why it’s celebrated in the Spring (when plants and animals start recovering from Winter). The eggs are a symbol of fertility. And the bunny is just there because I don’t know why. The word is associated with passover and the resurrection because, as my source stated, it was an unfortunate translation in the New Testament or something to that effect. It’s complex, and I’ll need to find the recording of the small lecture given. I’m fairly sure I’ve been copied somehow.

And as I found out earlier this week, the word Easter comes from “Ishtar,” a Babylonian goddess of fertility and life, which is why it’s celebrated in the Spring (when plants and animals start recovering from Winter). The eggs are a symbol of fertility. And the bunny is just there because I don’t know why. The word is associated with passover and the resurrection because, as my source stated, it was an unfortunate translation in the New Testament or something to that effect. It’s complex, and I’ll need to find the recording of the small lecture given.

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