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The Easter Bunny is an example of folklore mythology. Other prominent characters are Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy. Download high resolution version (1000x1182, 457 KB) Easter Bunny This image shows an Easter Bunny figure. ...
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Folklore is the body of expressive culture, including tales, music, dance, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, customs, material culture, and so forth within a particular population comprising the traditions (including oral traditions) of that culture, subculture, or group. ...
The word mythology (from the Greek μυολογία mythologÃa, from μυολογείν mythologein to relate myths, from μÏος mythos, meaning a narrative, and λόγος logos, meaning speech or argument) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use the supernatural to interpret natural events and...
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Origins
Eggs, like rabbits and hares, are fertility symbols of extreme antiquity; since birds lay eggs and rabbits and hares give birth (to large litters) in the early spring, these became symbols of the rising fertility of the earth at the Vernal Equinox. Genera Pentalagus Bunolagus Nesolagus Romerolagus Brachylagus Sylvilagus Oryctolagus Poelagus Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world. ...
Fertility is a measure of reproduction: the number of children born per couple, person or population. ...
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Illumination of Earth by Sun on the day of equinox The vernal equinox (or spring equinox) marks the beginning of astronomical spring. ...
The saying "mad as a March hare" refers to the wild caperings of hares as the males fight over the females in the early spring, then attempt to mate with them. Since the females often rebuff the males' advances before finally succumbing, the mating behavior often looks like a crazy dance; these fights led early observers to believe that the advent of spring made the hares "mad". Rabbits and hares are both lagomorphs; they are prolific breeders. The females can conceive a second litter of offspring while still pregnant with the first (the two are born separately); this phenomenon is known as superfetation. Lagomorphs mature sexually at an early age and can give birth to several litters a year (hence the saying, "to breed like bunnies"). It is therefore not surprising that rabbits and hares should become fertility symbols, or that their springtime mating antics should enter into Easter folklore; however, the notion of a rabbit that lays eggs has an uncertain past. It may have simply arisen from a confusion of symbolism but, like much of the holiday of Easter itself, it could be a direct heritage from older traditions. In Germanic and Slavic languages, the word "Easter" comes from an ancient pagan goddess of the spring named Eostre. According to myth, Eostre once saved a bird whose wings had frozen during the winter by turning it into a rabbit. Because the rabbit had once been a bird, it could still lay eggs, and that rabbit became the modern Easter Bunny[1]. Beware! The March hare at the ready To be as mad as a March hare is an English idiomatic phrase derived from the observed antics, said to occur (incorrectly)[1] only in the March breeding season of the Hare, genus Lepus. ...
The shield and spear of the Roman god Mars, which is also the alchemical symbol for iron, represents the male sex. ...
Families Leporidae Ochotonidae The Lagomorphs, order Lagomorpha, are an order of mammals of which there are two families, Leporidae (hares and rabbits), and Ochotonidae (pikas). ...
Folklore is the body of expressive culture, including tales, music, dance, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, customs, material culture, and so forth within a particular population comprising the traditions (including oral traditions) of that culture, subculture, or group. ...
Countries where a West Slavic language is the national language Countries where an East Slavic language is the national language Countries where a South Slavic language is the national language The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages), a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup...
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Eostre (Easter) and Ostara are the name of a putative Germanic goddess. ...
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The precise origin of the custom of colouring eggs is not known, although it too is ancient; Greeks to this day typically dye their Easter eggs red, the color of blood, in recognition of the renewal of life in springtime (and, later, the blood of the sacrificed Christ). Some also use the color green, in honor of the new foliage emerging after the long "dead" time of winter. Other colors, including the pastels popular in the United States and elsewehere (possibly symbolizing the rainbow), seem to have come along later. [citations needed]German Protestants wanted to retain the Catholic custom of eating colored eggs for Easter, but did not want to introduce their children to the Catholic rite of fasting. Eggs were forbidden to Catholics during the fast of Lent, which was the reason for the abundance of eggs at Easter time.[citations needed] Fabergé egg Easter eggs are specially decorated eggs given out to celebrate the Easter holiday or springtime. ...
Christ is the English of the Greek word (Christós), which literally means The Anointed One. ...
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Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ...
Fasting is primarily the act of willingly abstaining from some or all food, drink, or both, for a period of time. ...
In Western Christianity, Lent is the forty-day period (or season) lasting from Ash Wednesday to Easter[1] or Holy Saturday. ...
The idea of an egg-laying bunny came to the United States in the 18th century. German immigrants in the Pennsylvania Dutch area told their children about the "Osterhase". "Hase" means "hare", not rabbit, and in Northwest European folklore the "Easter Bunny" indeed is a hare, not a rabbit. According to the legend, only good children received gifts of colored eggs in the nests that they made in their caps and bonnets before Easter.[citations needed] (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...
The Pennsylvania Dutch (perhaps more strictly Pennsylvania Deitsch or Pennsylvanian German) are the descendants of German immigrants who came to Pennsylvania prior to 1800. ...
A male Caucasian toddler child A child (plural: children) is a young human. ...
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A bonnet the name of different types of headwear for men and women. ...
A hundred years later Jakob Grimm wrote of long-standing similar myths in Germany itself. Noting many related landmarks and customs, Grimm suggested that these derived from legends of Ostara.[citations needed] Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm (January 4, 1785 – September 20, 1863), German philologist and mythologist, was born at Hanau, in Hesse-Kassel. ...
Ostara is a modern Neopagan holiday. ...
Local traditions
A typical "Easter basket" According to American tradition, the Easter Bunny leaves baskets of treats (including Easter eggs and assorted chocolates and candy) on Easter morning for good children. Sometimes children leave out carrots for the Easter Bunny, which is similar to the practice of leaving milk and cookies for Santa Claus. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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A typical depiction of Santa Claus. ...
In the United States, the Easter Bunny supposedly hides decorated hard-boiled eggs or plastic eggs filled with candy or money, and children hunt for them. Boiled eggs are cooked by immersing eggs (typically chickens eggs) in boiling water with their shells unbroken. ...
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Some communities in the United States have renamed the animal the "Spring Bunny," to avoid perceived religious overtones. This has provoked some controversy.[1] Spring Holiday is a generic term sometimes used in place of Easter or Good Friday. ...
In Hungary children prepare nests, in which the Bunny will leave eggs, chocolates and other presents. Sometimes the parents present a live rabbit to their child.
In Australia, rabbits are an invasive species and generally considered pests. A long-running campaign to replace the Easter Bunny with the Easter Bilby, a native marsupial, yielded moderate success. Easter Bilbies are a common and unremarked sight in many Australian stores around Easter. The sale of chocolate Easter Bilbies was to fund raise for the "Save the Bilby" campaign.[2] As the bilby is a threatened species,[3] it does not have the same connotations as rabbits, and the Easter Bunny remains considerably more recognized and better-known. A European Rabbit in Australia In Australia, rabbits are the most serious mammalian pests, an invasive species, and are responsible for the extinction of many native animals such as the western quoll. ...
Lantana invasion of abandoned citrus plantation; Moshav Sdey Hemed, Israel The term invasive species refers to a subset of introduced species or non-indigenous species that are rapidly expanding outside of their native range. ...
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Species (extinct) Bilbies are marsupial omnivores; members of the bandicoot family. ...
Orders Didelphimorphia Paucituberculata Microbiotheria Dasyuromorphia Peramelemorphia Notoryctemorphia Diprotodontia Sparassodonta (extinct) Marsupials are mammals in which the female typically has a pouch (called the marsupium, from which the name Marsupial derives) in which it rears its young through early infancy. ...
In France and Belgium, the eggs are said to be dropped from the sky by the cloches de Pâques (Easter bells). In Christian tradition, church bells were silenced on Good Friday, out of respect for the death of Christ and rang again on Easter morning to celebrate the resurrection. The church bells, represented as flying bells (with wings), are said to have gone to Rome and flown back on Easter morning, loaded with eggs which they drop on their way back.[4] Good Friday is the Friday before Easter (Easter always falls on a Sunday). ...
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In Romania and Hungary, the children, together with their parents, decorate the Easter eggs on Thursday or Saturday. The Easter Bunny delivers presents to the children on the night between Saturday and Sunday. In some families, the presents are delivered on the night between Friday and Saturday. Fabergé egg Easter eggs are specially decorated eggs given out to celebrate the Easter holiday or springtime. ...
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Holy Saturday is the day before Easter in the Christian calendar. ...
Holy Saturday is the day before Easter in the Christian calendar. ...
Easter, the Sunday of the Resurrection, Pascha, or Resurrection Day, is the most important religious feast of the Christian liturgical year, observed at some point between late March and late April each year (early April to early May in Eastern Christianity), following the cycle of the moon. ...
In Brazil, the Easter Bunny brings chocolate eggs to the children. It is also customary to give chocolate eggs as gifts to friends and relatives.
In popular culture - The Easter Bunny has been portrayed in a number of variations in several Muppet productions since 1975.
- In 1992, Claymation artist Will Vinton produced a TV special involving a greedy pig (literally) who plots to kidnap the Easter Bunny and replace him. The Bunny himself is an unflappable, mild-mannered Mr. Rogers sort of character.
- The Easter Bunny makes extended cameo appearances in both sequels to the 1998 Christmas film The Santa Clause: The Santa Clause 2 and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause. He appears as a large, anthropomorphic rabbit who is a member of the Council of Legendary Characters. In both movies, he is portrayed by actor Jay Thomas.
- In the animated televisions series The Fairly OddParents, the Easter Bunny appears in the episode "Christmas Every Day" voiced by Robert Costanzo. Besides his personality of hiding his Easter Eggs, he led the holiday characters Baby New Year, Cupid, and the April Fool into getting Timmy Turner to unwish the wish and also take out Santa Claus. He also has a dog which he hates to leave at home that was dressed as the Spirit of Halloween with the strap-on bat wings and the Jack O'Lantern head (which the pumpkin cracks open upon his introduction) dubbing him "Halloweenie Dog."
- The Easter Bunny (and his twin brother, Daryl) appeared in an episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force in which Meatwad (a meatball) wishes for the Easter Bunny to appear.
Here Comes Peter Cottontail is a 1971 Easter television special made by Rankin-Bass TV movie. ...
1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ...
Easter, the Sunday of the Resurrection, Pascha, or Resurrection Day, is the most important religious feast of the Christian liturgical year, observed at some point between late March and late April each year (early April to early May in Eastern Christianity), following the cycle of the moon. ...
A television special is a television program, typically a short film or television movie, which interrupts or temporarily replaces programming normally scheduled for a given time slot. ...
Rankin-Bass (aka Videocraft International) is an American production company, known for its seasonal television specials. ...
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A film that is released direct-to-video (also known as made-for-video, straight-to-video and, more recently, straight-to-DVD) is one which has been released to the public on home video formats (historically VHS) before or without being released in movie theaters or broadcast on television. ...
A sequel is a work of fiction in literature, film, and other creative works that is produced after a completed work, and is set in the same universe but at a later time. ...
Christmas is an annual holiday that marks the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. ...
The term Claymation is a registered trademark created by Will Vinton Studios to describe their clay animated movies; the more generic term is clay animation, but the portmanteau claymation has entered the English language as a genericized trademark. ...
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Mister Rogers Neighborhood was a childrens television show hosted by Fred Rogers which was produced by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania public broadcaster WQED-TV and Fred Rogers not-for-profit production company Family Communications, Inc. ...
Tim Burtons The Nightmare Before Christmas is a 1993 Academy Award-Nominated, stop motion animated musical film about the inhabitants of Halloween Town who take over Christmas, directed by stop-motion animator Henry Selick. ...
Lock (right), Shock (left) and Barrel (center), about to nab Sandy Claws. Lock, Shock, and Barrel were the fictional characters from The Nightmare Before Christmas. ...
A typical depiction of Santa Claus. ...
Oogie Boogie. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ...
The Santa Clause (1994) is a Christmas film released by Walt Disney Pictures, starring Tim Allen as a father who finds himself literally wearing the mantle of Santa Claus after the Christmas figures tragic death, and contractually bound to become Santa Claus himself by so doing (hence the clause...
The Santa Clause 2 (2002) is a sequel to the 1994 film, The Santa Clause. ...
Jay Thomas (born Jon (or John) Thomas Terrell on July 12, 1948 in Kermit, Texas) is an American actor and disc jockey. ...
The Fairly OddParents is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman. ...
For the movie of the same name, see Christmas Every Day. ...
Robert Costanzo is an American actor born in Brooklyn, New York, USA. The son of actor Carmine Costanzo, Robert has an acting career spanning 30 years. ...
A typical depiction of the Baby New Year for 2006. ...
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Timothy Timmy Turner is a fictional character in the American animated television series The Fairly OddParents. ...
For the film, see Pumpkin (film). ...
Aqua Teen Hunger Force (also known as ATHF or simply Aqua Teen) is an American animated television series shown on Cartoon Network as part of its Adult Swim late-night programming block. ...
South Park is an American, Emmy Award-winning[1] animated television comedy series about four third/fourth-grade school boys who live in the small town of South Park , Colorado. ...
Fantastic Easter Special is episode 1105 of the animated series South Park. ...
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References - ^ Spring Bunny beats out Easter Bunny. Tri-valley Herald. Retrieved on 2007-04-07.
- ^ Wild about bilbies and a rabbit-proof Easter. smh.com.au. Retrieved on 2007-04-07.
- ^ Greater Bilby. Australian Government. Retrieved on 2007-04-07.
- ^ (French) The origins of Easter. Lexilogos. Retrieved on 2007-01-31.
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ...
April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ...
April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ...
April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ...
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