tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post1064243992805632870..comments2024-03-20T19:23:09.857+02:00Comments on Notes from underground: Eostre: The Making of a MythSteve Hayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-62178978837229109812009-04-12T16:58:00.000+02:002009-04-12T16:58:00.000+02:00I found this explanation on another blog: "German ...I found this explanation on another blog: "German Protestants wanted to retain the Catholic custom of eating colored eggs for Easter, but did not want to introduce their children to the Catholic rite of fasting. Eggs were forbidden to Catholics during the fast of Lent, which was the reason for the abundance of eggs at Easter time."<BR/><BR/>It sounds plausible, but it's a pity that the source it gives is an otherwise unreliable Wikipedia article. <BR/><BR/>Does anyone know the truth of this?Steve Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-82087815956118016772009-04-12T02:14:00.000+02:002009-04-12T02:14:00.000+02:00Are Your Children Playing With Lucifer's Testicles...Are Your Children Playing With Lucifer's Testicles? (The Truth About Easter Eggs) <BR/>http://www.landoverbaptist.org/eastereggs.html<BR/><BR/>Happy Easter!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-48252453766981748592009-04-10T00:22:00.000+02:002009-04-10T00:22:00.000+02:00At this time of the year the fields and roadsides ...At this time of the year the fields and roadsides around here are full of hundreds of little brown bunnies. The birds have returned from the winter and there are nests of eggs hidden in the hedgerows. Simultaneously certain trees and bushes have sprouted green leaves and shoots and some are in flower. It's a joyous celebratory time of rebirth. <BR/><BR/>I would tend to agree with you that it must be simplistic to say "Christians stole/borrowed pagan symbols". Perhaps we could just acknowledge that there's some kind of synchronicity of nature going on and we are part of it: spiritually, emotionally, physically.bigbluemeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01742238578608139919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-84348531754252531472009-04-09T14:15:00.000+02:002009-04-09T14:15:00.000+02:00Oh I dunno - the fecundity of rabbits is well esta...Oh I dunno - the fecundity of rabbits is well established, no?<BR/>That would make a good enough link to the Vernal Equinox and the springing forth anew of Life?<BR/><BR/>Love,<BR/>Terri in JoburgAquila ka Hecatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00725237187718174157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-85075476866241628002009-04-09T11:33:00.000+02:002009-04-09T11:33:00.000+02:00The hare and the rabbit are certainly associated w...The hare and the rabbit are certainly associated with the Moon in pretty much all cultures that have hares - but I have always struggled to see the connection with the Spring Equinox.<BR/><BR/>There are, however, plenty of dying and resurrecting gods in classical polytheist mythology which predates Christianity (as far as I know): Tammuz, Osiris, Adonis, Attis, etc. None of which negates the Christ myth, but it does call into question its historicity.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, Happy Easter!Yewtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-45210441046724633992009-04-09T07:53:00.000+02:002009-04-09T07:53:00.000+02:00Aquila,Perhaps I'm backward, but eating chocolate ...Aquila,<BR/><BR/>Perhaps I'm backward, but eating chocolate rabbits as a four-year-old didn't automatically make me think of fertility or lunar goddess forms.Steve Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-11567822331508887432009-04-08T10:27:00.000+02:002009-04-08T10:27:00.000+02:00hmm...the hare/rabbit I take for granted as symbol...hmm...the hare/rabbit I take for granted as symbols of fertility.<BR/>Vernal Equinox being the first signs of the earth's fertility. Along with eggs, spring flowers, etc - which is why I find it so difficult to see Easter symbols in our Atumn.<BR/>The hare has long association with lunar goddess forms, also.<BR/>I should give a reference for that but I'm pushed for time at work. Maybe someone else can oblige - I've alsways sort of taken it for granted - hare/bunny=goddess symbol=fertility symbol=vernal equinox.<BR/>Eostre or not.<BR/>Love,<BR/>terri in JoburgAquila ka Hecatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00725237187718174157noreply@blogger.com