wil UNeyeR1 Veteran Member Messages 25,301 Reaction score 4,657 Points 108 Location a figment of your imagination Apr 12, 2020 #1 Where do these Traditions come from? Or like Christmas trees and Yule logs should this question be a pagan one?
Where do these Traditions come from? Or like Christmas trees and Yule logs should this question be a pagan one?
Cino Big Love! (Atheist mystic) Veteran Member Messages 4,228 Reaction score 2,750 Points 108 Location Germany Apr 12, 2020 #2 I think those are pagan traditions.
StevePame Administrator Veteran Member Messages 1,149 Reaction score 287 Points 83 Apr 13, 2020 #3 I think they’re a mix of pagan and Christian?
O OrtaYol Well-Known Member Messages 191 Reaction score 51 Points 28 Apr 26, 2020 #4 The explanation that makes most sense to me is that Easter is tied to pagan fertility gods, hence eggs and rabbits.
The explanation that makes most sense to me is that Easter is tied to pagan fertility gods, hence eggs and rabbits.
Thomas So it goes ... Veteran Member Messages 15,766 Reaction score 5,095 Points 108 Location London UK May 5, 2020 #5 A general FYI — wil said: Where do these Traditions come from? Click to expand... Easter Eggs appear to be a Christian Tradition (from wiki). Eggs as such are universal, but the Christian Tradition of Easter eggs/painted eggs seems to have come from the churches of Mesopotamia. Eggs were off the menu in Lenten fasts, hence pancakes, Mardi Gras (Fr: Fat Tuesday), etc. Then, when Lent was over, an egg celebration ...
A general FYI — wil said: Where do these Traditions come from? Click to expand... Easter Eggs appear to be a Christian Tradition (from wiki). Eggs as such are universal, but the Christian Tradition of Easter eggs/painted eggs seems to have come from the churches of Mesopotamia. Eggs were off the menu in Lenten fasts, hence pancakes, Mardi Gras (Fr: Fat Tuesday), etc. Then, when Lent was over, an egg celebration ...