Sunday, April 1, 2018

Easter Egg Origins

Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt?
or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
Job 6:6

"Rabbits, of course, are a potent symbol of fertility due to their prodigious output of young.
Eggs, likewise, have always been considered representative of new life,
*fertility, and
*reincarnation.
Painted eggs, thought to imitate the bright sunlight and gaily
colored flowers of spring, have been used in rituals since the days of the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians. … In ancient Egypt, an egg symbolised the sun, while for the Babylonians, the egg represents the hatching of the Venus Ishtar, who fell from heaven to the Euphrates....For Christians the egg is a symbol of Jesus' resurrection, as when they are cracked open, they stand for the empty tomb.  " L,H&T