Easter Eggs - why? ( Archived) (12)

Apr 1, 2009 1:41 PM CST Easter Eggs - why?
rusty_knight
rusty_knightrusty_knightGozo, Malta175 Threads 2 Polls 6,840 Posts
I googled Easter eggs - what fun!

This is a quote.......... sorry I forgot to take the reference:

"Easter eggs are specially decorated eggs given out to celebrate the Easter holiday or springtime.

It is the influence of the traditional spring rites that made Easter so egg-special. And myths coming down to us from an incredibly distant past have shown man's relationship with the egg to be very deep seated one. This is caught in old Latin proverb: "Omne vivum ex ovo". This means "all life comes from an egg". Not just the Latin saying, eggs are just laid well over all corners of the world. From ancient India to Polynesia, from Iran, Greece, and Phonecia to Latvia, Estonia, and Finland, from Central America to the west coast of South America, there are reports of myths of the whole universe created out of an egg. Thus, it is not unusual that in almost all ancient cultures eggs had been held as an emblem of life. The concept of all living beings born from an egg is also a foundational concept of modern biology. "
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Apr 1, 2009 1:45 PM CST Easter Eggs - why?
druidess6308
druidess6308druidess6308Aliquippa, Pennsylvania USA79 Threads 13,695 Posts
True, Rusty. Easter, or Ostara (which is what I celebrate), is the celebration of the rebirth of life in the Spring in most of the world, which is why the egg has been a symbol of the holidays of this season almost since the dawn of mankind.

wine
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Apr 1, 2009 1:54 PM CST Easter Eggs - why?
rusty_knight
rusty_knightrusty_knightGozo, Malta175 Threads 2 Polls 6,840 Posts
re Ostara the same holiday internet source said:

"Despite claims being made that Easter Eggs were originally pagan symbols, there is no solid evidence for this. It was not until the 18th Century that Jakob Grimm theorised a putative pagan connection to Easter Eggs with a goddess of his own whom he named Ostara, a suggested German version of Eostre."

dunno
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Apr 1, 2009 1:57 PM CST Easter Eggs - why?
rusty_knight
rusty_knightrusty_knightGozo, Malta175 Threads 2 Polls 6,840 Posts
"In Christian times, the egg was a symbol of new life just as a chick might hatch from the egg. The Easter egg tradition may have celebrated the end of the privations of Lent.

In the Medieval Europe, eggs were forbidden during Lent as well as other traditional fast days. During the strict Lenten fast of forty days no eggs were eaten. It was traditional to use up all of the household's eggs before Lent began, which established the tradition of Pancake Day. This was because, in Christian times, the egg was a symbol of new life just as a chick might hatch from the egg.

Eggs were viewed as symbols of new life and fertility through the ages.

It is believed that for this reason many ancient cultures, including the Ancient Egyptians, Persians, and Romans, used eggs during their spring festivals.

In Eastern Christianity, both meat and dairy are still prohibited during the fast, and eggs are seen as "dairy" (a foodstuff that could be taken from an animal without shedding its blood). That is the reason why eggs laid during that time were often boiled or otherwise preserved!"
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Apr 1, 2009 1:59 PM CST Easter Eggs - why?
druidess6308
druidess6308druidess6308Aliquippa, Pennsylvania USA79 Threads 13,695 Posts
rusty_knight: re Ostara the same holiday internet source said:

"Despite claims being made that Easter Eggs were originally pagan symbols, there is no solid evidence for this. It was not until the 18th Century that Jakob Grimm theorised a putative pagan connection to Easter Eggs with a goddess of his own whom he named Ostara, a suggested German version of Eostre."


Ostara is the Saxon name for Eostre, and a Pagan Sabbat (we don't call them holidays) celebrated since ancient times under many names. Ostara is just easier than some of the others used for it.



As the days lengthen, the earth thaws and starts its greening after the long, dark, cold winter. These are the early days of spring. Our ancestors would be busy now, making final repairs to their plows, preparing their draft animals to pull them, checking the seed corn to be sure that it was ready to plant. The success of the next year depended entirely on the crop that was about to be put in the earth. Our ancestors knew this, and thus turned to our Gods and Goddesses to ensure the fertility of the earth, the viability of the seed, and the growth and abundance of the crops that would keep them alive through the next hard winter. The rituals that marked the spring planting time are still known by name to us today, called "Easter," or to Asatruar, Eostre, or Ostara in the Anglo-Saxon or Old High German tongues of our ancestors.

The feast of Ostara takes its name from the Goddess Eostre, of whom little is known, except that she must have been a Goddess of spring, fertility, rebirth, and the rising sun. Her name is etymologically connected with both the "east," and with a word for "shining; glorious." The Ostara worship was so strong in the Germanic lands that the somewhat similar Christian feast of rebirth and renewal was given the Goddess's name. Bede recounts that the Christian Paschal feast was named after the heathen Goddess Eostre, and so this celebration is still named Easter among the Christians. There is no specific date on which the Ostara feast must be held. The three mightiest times at this turning of the year are the equinox itself and the new and full moons following the equinox. It is probably better in general to celebrate Ostara during the waxing moon.
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Apr 1, 2009 2:04 PM CST Easter Eggs - why?
RobbieM
RobbieMRobbieMHertford, Hertfordshire, England UK115 Threads 6 Polls 4,553 Posts
In response to: I googled Easter eggs - what fun!

This is a quote.......... sorry I forgot to take the reference:

"Easter eggs are specially decorated eggs given out to celebrate the Easter holiday or springtime.

It is the influence of the traditional spring rites that made Easter so egg-special. And myths coming down to us from an incredibly distant past have shown man's relationship with the egg to be very deep seated one. This is caught in old Latin proverb: "Omne vivum ex ovo". This means "all life comes from an egg". Not just the Latin saying, eggs are just laid well over all corners of the world. From ancient India to Polynesia, from Iran, Greece, and Phonecia to Latvia, Estonia, and Finland, from Central America to the west coast of South America, there are reports of myths of the whole universe created out of an egg. Thus, it is not unusual that in almost all ancient cultures eggs had been held as an emblem of life. The concept of all living beings born from an egg is also a foundational concept of modern biology. "


I have a far deeper more meaningful question.

Why are Easter Eggs so overpackaged, contain so little chocolate and are so expensive?laugh

Now that is a mystery......grin
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Apr 1, 2009 2:24 PM CST Easter Eggs - why?
Tamarin
TamarinTamarinsomewhere, Lothian, Scotland UK173 Threads 1 Polls 3,267 Posts
RobbieM: I have a far deeper more meaningful question.

Why are Easter Eggs so overpackaged, contain so little chocolate and are so expensive?

Now that is a mystery......


Well buy a couple of large bars of choclate instead and so much cheaper especially if you are not religious...

The kids in school are taught the egg represents the stone being rolled away from Jesus's tomb and also the egg is a sign of new life in spring....

Happy munching.....
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Apr 1, 2009 2:25 PM CST Easter Eggs - why?
Big_John
Big_JohnBig_JohnOcean Springs, Mississippi USA19 Threads 9,767 Posts
I just want to know how they get those eggs out of bunny rabbits? I am so confused?

confused dunno confused
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Apr 1, 2009 2:28 PM CST Easter Eggs - why?
morgan5
morgan5morgan5chelmsford, Essex, England UK87 Threads 8,237 Posts
I'm not bothered, any excuse for Chocolate
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Apr 1, 2009 4:47 PM CST Easter Eggs - why?
rusty_knight
rusty_knightrusty_knightGozo, Malta175 Threads 2 Polls 6,840 Posts
morgan5: I'm not bothered, any excuse for Chocolate


Now, SOLID chocolate easter eggs are tooth-breakingly good! grin thumbs up

Hollow easter eggs a con - like a false pregnancy that's just a large gas bubble trying to get out!

help
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Apr 1, 2009 8:39 PM CST Easter Eggs - why?
norslyman
norslymannorslymanMinneapolis, Minnesota USA21 Threads 151 Posts
Bush must have been more religious than anyone had previously thought.confused

Here's how he celebrated Ostara. Guess bombs ARE kind of egg shaped.wow

Occultic Shades Of Illuministic War!

On May 1, 2003, President George Walker Bush declared that the war with Iraq was over. The war ended just as it started-on a high sabat of witchcraft. When the President's speech was announced to take place aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, the blueprint of the secret society of Illuminism was clearly seen.

The date was 05-01-03, which adds up to 9. The USS Abraham Lincoln had been deployed from the 33rd parallel 9 months before, and the speech was to be given at 9 P.M. Eastern Time. Thus, we have three 9's or 999, which is the inverted 666 or number of the beast.

It is a fact for all to see that the war with Iraq began on the witches' sabat of Ostara and ended on the high cross-quarter sabat of Beltaine. We could call this the "war between the sabats."

Also, with 3-20-2003, you get 322 3. 322 being the Yale chapter of Skull and Bones.dunno
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Apr 1, 2009 8:39 PM CST Easter Eggs - why?
Hugz_n_Kissez
Hugz_n_KissezHugz_n_KissezSomeplace, Ontario Canada59 Threads 2 Polls 25,438 Posts
Dunno....confused
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