Then, the Easter hare became associated with another symbol of fertility: eggs. 9 An easter bunny meets a hen with colored eggs in this fantasy postcard printed early 20th century in Germany.

I've had Christians become quite upset when I've mentioned that many of the Easter symbols and rituals they hold dear have been co-opted from ancient pagan fertility rites.

∎ Easter Bunny: Because of their capacity to easily reproduce, rabbits were a pagan symbol of fertility. German immigrants introduced "Oschter Haws," an egg-laying hare, to Pennsylvania in the ...

Eggs and flowers are rather obvious symbols of female fertility, but in European traditions, the bunny, with its amazing reproduction potential, is not far behind. In European traditions, the ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2012. If there’s no bunny in the basket, there’s no Easter. That’s Norm Candelore’s theory this time of year.

No, Easter Is Not Derived From an Ancient Pagan Holiday. ... Proponents of this theory point to symbols of rebirth and fertility, like eggs and bunnies, that we see at Easter as proof.

The provocative sexuality of an ancient pagan symbol finally proved too much for one disgruntled visitor to a small church in rural Sussex. 1,000 years of history were destroyed when someone took ...

Fertility. Chaos. How Scotland is reviving an ancient pagan ritual. This Celtic celebration of fire and fertility culminates in the marriage of the May Queen and the Green Man—and the arrival of ...

Eggs and flowers are rather obvious symbols of female fertility, but in European traditions, the bunny, with its amazing reproduction potential, is not far behind. In European traditions, the ...