Wake up Jesus, it's Easter!

[Sheila]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

To answer this, I shall quote from "Ostara: Customs, Spells, and Rituals for the Rites of Spring" by Edain McCoy.

Hmmm, I've always heard a completely different story. To wit:

Originally Posted by Hallmark

According to one legend, the Easter bunny was originally a large, handsome bird belonging to the goddess Eostre. One day she magically changed her pet bird into a hare. Because the Easter bunny is still a bird at heart, he continues to build a straw nest and fill it with eggs.

Some very fascinating stuff on Easter lore is also on this webpage at Hallmark where I got the above.

Happy Easter everybody! I spent it lowkey as I just needed to have some personal "me" time.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Sheila

Hmmm, I've always heard a completely different story.

The joys of mythology!