It's not really a myth, just a symbol. Most holiday have a myth behind it but in this case, the whole easter bunny day is just a symbol.
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The Holiday
Easter was originally a pagan festival. The ancient Saxons celebrated the return of spring with a large festival commemorating their goddess of offspring and spring time, Eastre. A group of second-century Christian missionaries came upon the tribes of the north with their celebrations and attempted to convert them to Christianity.
The early Christian converts were unable to celebrate their holy days with observances that did not concide with celebrations already existing. The missionaries decided to spread their religious messages slowly throughout the population allowing them to continue celebrating their pagan feasts, but to do so in a Christian manner.
The pagan festival of Eastre occurred at the same time of the year as the Christian observance of the Resurrection of Christ. It therefore made sense to alter the festival itself to make it a Christian celebration os converts were slowly won over. The festival's name, Eastre, was eventually changed to its modern spelling of Easter.
The Easter Bunny
The Easter Bunny symbol originated with the pagan festival of "Eastre." The goddess (Eastre) was worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons through her earthly symbol, the rabbit.
The Germans brought the symbol of the Easter bunny to America but it was widely ignored by other Christians until shortly after the Civil War which was in fact, when Easter itself slowly started to be celebrated in America.
The Easter Egg
The Easter Egg predates the Christian holiday of Easter, much like the Easter Bunny and the holiday itself. Eggs were exchanged in the spring time, which is a custom centuries old, before Easter was ever celebrated by Christians.
The egg was a symbol of rebirth in most cultures. Eggs were often wrapped in gold or colored brightly (if you were a peasant) by boiling them with leaves or petals of certain flowers.
The Cross
In AD 325, the Council of Nicaea decreed that the Cross was the official symbol of Christianity. The Cross is not only a symbol of Easter but is more widely used as a year-round symbol of their faith, especially by the Catholic Church.
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