Talk:Easter Bunny
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Association with the Virgin Mary
[edit]The article says: "the idea that a hare could reproduce without loss of virginity led to an association with the Virgin Mary, with hares sometimes occurring in illuminated manuscripts and Northern European paintings of the Virgin and Christ Child. It may also have been associated with the Holy Trinity, as in the three hares motif."
The only source cited is a blog called "the Three Hares project". Is there any truth in the above sentence? Can it be substatiated by other sources? Samton748 (talk) 12:34, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
- I propose we delete this sentence until it can be substantiated Samton748 (talk) 12:35, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
- @Samton748: What do you think of the source I have found? It is only referring to iconography in church architecture, not "illuminated manuscripts and Northern European paintings of the Virgin and Christ Child", but does substantiate the connection to both the trinity and the Virgin Mary. Daranios (talk) 17:17, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
To See Also add " Moon goddess Chang'e and rabbit companion
[edit]Chinese and asian folklore. The Jade rabbit lives on the moon with the goddess Chang'e. The Chinese landed a lunar rover named Jade Rabbit on the moon. Sudzydoogiedawg (talk) 11:48, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
- the actual wikipedia article is "Moon Rabbit". this so called "Moon Rabbit" is supposedly the rarest Easter bunny of all time if you find cards instead of eggs this means he came to visit
Sudzydoogiedawg (talk) 11:55, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
Easter eggs in antiquity
[edit]I've removed two sentences talking about "eggs in antiquity". The first stated that eggs had religious significance in antiquity - perhaps, but nothing to do with this custom originating in the middle ages, 13 centuries later. The second was an unreferenced claim that early Christians venerated eggs because of the phoenix. Again, if true, no connection to our custom here. The first seems like parallelomania. We'd need to see some evidence that 13th century Germans borrowed an idea from antiquity, and there isn't any. Demonteddybear100 (talk) 13:56, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
Clarification needed
[edit]Someone who can edit this article needs to clarify the non-sentence "The Ukranian art of decorating eggs, known as pysanky." in the Eggs section.= 68.44.122.98 (talk) 22:59, 7 April 2025 (UTC)
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