For around 200 years, the Easter Bunny
The Bunny as a Bringer of Easter eggs comes: This idea dates back to the 19th century. Century. In this role appears since the Bunny in children’s books, illustrations, post cards and chocolate character, such as the LVR-Institute for regional studies and regional history in Bonn reported.
The cute animal with the long ears was visually anthropomorphized: upright, clothed and with activities such as picture-book-classics “Bunny school”.
“It was an ideal image for a remap of Easter, in the 19th century. Century from a purely religious Feast to a secular family developed,“ says the Director of the Institute, Dagmar Hänel.
Fox and cuckoo’s come to Easter
In the bourgeois image of the family also have rituals, such as Hide and Seek, the eggs, the family walk and the Easter Bunny could fit. In some regions Fox, and a cuckoo were seen as the Bringer of Easter eggs, but the fluffy Bunny prevailed.
another Theory is that the hare is the companion animal of the Teutonic goddess Ostera, was “a historical fake message,” says Hänel. Such a goddess was in the middle of the 19th century. Century been invented. In this time, the idea hit a nerve, reported to the folklorist.
Ostera
Ostera was depicted as a blonde early-year contributor on a rabbit-drawn carriage. A further anecdote about the connection from the bunnies for Easter originates from everyday life: Accordingly, a Baker missriet the shape of the Easter lambs, and baked animals similar to rabbits.
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