monday story
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| easter rabbit |
do you believe in the easter bunny?
"a rabbit", you say, "that lays bird eggs in the colors of the rainbow, and is male? what's not to believe??"
spring is the season of rebirth and renewal. plants return to life after winter dormancy and many animals mate and procreate. many pagan cultures held spring festivals to celebrate this renewal of life and promote fertility. one of these festivals was in honor of eostre or eastre or ostara, the goddess of dawn, spring and fertility near and dear to the hearts of the pagans in northern europe.
Easter eggs and the Easter Bunny both featured largely in the annual spring festivals of Ostara.
eostre was closely linked to the hare and the egg, both symbols of fertility.
putting an end to winter, bringing with her the longer, brighter, and blossoming days of springtime, ostara was, of course, a fertility goddess.
you knew when ostara had arrived. The plants flowered and the babies, human and animal, were born. what could be more appropriate than a rabbit as the sacred symbol of a fertility goddess. after all, their propensity for rapid reproduction is well known.
ostara felt so guilty about arriving late one spring, that she saved the life of a poor bird whose wings were frozen by the late snow. she felt so sorry for him that she turned him into a snow hare so he could run with incredible speed and evade all hunters.
ostara felt so guilty about arriving late one spring, that she saved the life of a poor bird whose wings were frozen by the late snow. she felt so sorry for him that she turned him into a snow hare so he could run with incredible speed and evade all hunters.
to honor his earlier form as a bird, she gave him the ability to lay eggs in all the colors of the rainbow, but he was only allowed to do this on one day of each year and participate in her festival day in the spring.
she stipulated that he also had to give away his eggs to the children who were attending. and thus he tradition of the easter bunny began.
easter eggs, the easter bunny, the dawn that arrives with resurrection of life, and the celebration of spring all serve to remind us of the cycle of rebirth and the need for renewal in our lives.
she stipulated that he also had to give away his eggs to the children who were attending. and thus he tradition of the easter bunny began.
easter eggs, the easter bunny, the dawn that arrives with resurrection of life, and the celebration of spring all serve to remind us of the cycle of rebirth and the need for renewal in our lives.
um coelho que põe ovos coloridos e é do sexo masculino, ainda por cima, porque não haveríamos de acreditar?
a primavera é uma época de renascimento e de renovação. as plantas "retornam" à vida depois de adormecidas durante o inverno, e muitos animais começam a procriar. muitas culturas pagãs realizavam festivais de primavera e de promoção e celebração da fertilidade. um destes festivais era em honra de eostre ou eastre ou ostara, a deusa do amanhecer, da primavera e da fertilidade (norte da europa).
tanto os coelhos como os ovos da páscoa eram protagonistas nestas festas pagãs.
os ovos da páscoa, o coelho da páscoa, o renascer da vida, e a própria celebração da primavera, servem para nos relembrar do ciclo da vida e da necessidade de renovação nas nossas vidas.
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