I asked OpenAI about Easter and found this interesting. It finally makes sense how eggs and rabbits were aspects of it:
đž Pagan Spring Festivals
Long before Christianity, many cultures held springtime festivals celebrating:
Renewal, rebirth, and the return of light and life after winter.
Fertility and the cycles of nature.
Some relevant traditions:
Anglo-Saxon pagan celebrations honoring Äostre or Ostara, (aka, Ishtar) a goddess of spring and fertility. This is where the English word "Easter" likely comes from (as noted by the Venerable Bede in the 8th century).
Symbols like eggs and rabbitsâwhich are modern Easter iconsâtrace back to these fertility rituals, not to early Christianity.
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