Opinion: Easter's religious roots beg the question — why the association with eggs and bunnies? [Opinion]
Moreover, without modern egg farming practices that use artificial light to stimulate egg production, hens lay significantly fewer eggs in the dark winter months. Historic Lenten fasting rules forbidding the consumption of meat, dairy and eggs meant that a limited supply of eggs could be stockpiled, decorated and enjoyed in abundance on Easter.
Later, Mary Magdalene was granted an audience with the emperor. She explained how Jesus, who had gone into the tomb, came forth again in his glorious resurrection. She picked up an egg from the table to illustrate her point. Bunnies have a reputation for fecundity and so are associated with spring and new birth. They are even able to become pregnant with a second litter before the first is born. An isolated new mother rabbit can give birth again without “knowing man,” as it were. This led the ancient Greeks to believe that bunnies were capable of asexual reproduction.
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