What is the legend of the Easter Lilly?
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Some believe that is a symbol of life after death (it comes in bulbs, it shrivels and grows again after a year). \nSome others belive that is a symbol because that represents the Gabriel Angel's horn.
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Easter has nothing to do with Jesus christ. It was made up by false religions. It's a lie.\n\n\nEaster was “originally the spring festival in honor of the Teutonic goddess of light and spring known in Anglo-Saxon as Eastre.” (The Westminster Dictionary of the Bible) “There is no indication of the observance of the Easter festival in the New Testament.”
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I will do an Irish jig and go look for this rabbit\n\n\nhttp://www.daylon.com/easter/
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Eggs are associated with Easter for a very simple reason - the egg is seen as the symbol of life (a young chick, duckling etc will grow from it). Then, it also represents Jesus's grave. So when we break the eggs we are remembering what Jesus did when he resurrected and came to life from the dead and got out from his grave (so breaking the egg is similar to Jesus opening his grave).\n\nThe Easter bunny has its origin in pre-Christian fertility lore. The Hare and the Rabbit were the most fertile animals known and they served as symbols of the new life during the Spring season. (more about this one at the website below:)
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Greetings! There are several legends surrounding this rock on the Rhine River in German folklore, the most common tale centering around a strikingly beautiful maiden (Lorelei)whose immense beauty so "enchanted" the men-folk, and because her lover was faithless and left her, she sought the love of others. As a result, the townsfolk charged her with being a witch, fearing she had brought sin to the town. She was brought before the Bishop and put to trial, but was declared innocent. Instead of death, it was ordered she serve in a Convent. Lorelei begged for death, but was denied, and as she was being brought to the Convent, she passed by a steep cliff, where it is said that she leapt to her death. The legend has it that she was turned into a Siren, and the sound of her singing so mesmerized the sailors who sailed past, prompting them to look up to the rock. Upon doing this though, their boats would crash against the rocks and sink.\n\nAnother version of the legend simply says that the beautiful maiden, Lorelei, was so grieved by the betrayal and loss of her lover that she hurled herself into the river. She was then transformed into a siren and her hypnotic singing could be heard echoing among the rocks, bringing sailors to their deaths.\n\nI hope this helps :-)
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This is the legend I found about white heather.\n\nLong, long ago in Scotland, the famous Celtic bard, Ossian, had a daughter called Malvina. She was beautiful and sweet natured. She won the heart of Oscar, a handsome warrior.\n\nThey became betrothed, but Oscar left in search of fame and fortune.\n\nMalvina pined for him and sought solace by telling her father how much she loved her brave warrior, Oscar. \n\nOn a beautiful autumn day, the two were sitting on a Highland hillside when a ragged messenger staggered towards them.\n\nHe brought the terrible news that Oscar had been killed in a mighty battle. The messenger held out a spray of purple heather to Malvina - a last gift from Oscar - and told her that he had died whispering her name and pledging his love.\n\nIn her grief, Malvina ran over the hillside, weeping bitterly. Where her tears fell, the purple heather turned pure white. When she saw this, she said "May this white heather forever bring good fortune to all those who find it".\n\nAnd so, in Scotland, to this very day, white heather continues to be a token of good luck.
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The Easter bunny is a symbol of fertility and rebirth, so I'm told. And a similar line of thought is also applied to the symbolism of Easter eggs. \n\nThe Easter bunny as an entity of itself does not exist, but it is a way to get kids interested in the holiday of Easter and as they get a little older (7+ or so), the real meaning of Easter can be introduced and comprehended by the child. \n\nI do have a vision of what I pictured the Easter bunny to look like when I was little, and it was something along the lines of the man in the Easter bunny costume that I saw at the mall. \n\nI have a lot of awesome Easter memories from my childhood. It did not hurt me to believe in both the Resurrection of Christ AND the Easter bunny. One I outgrew, the other is still with me. Happy Easter to you and your family!
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Ostara is the one I believe most closely matches Easter. She represents fertility and renewal just as spring has sprung. \n\nDid you know: Eggs were (and still are!) dyed or painted bright colors as an offering to Ostara. Dawn is the best time to invoke her. In days of old, fires were lit at dawn in her honor. It always amazes me how traditions like this survive over the millennia.---
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The easter Bunny and the Easter eggs are both symbols used in the Pagen religion, that time of year is their fertility celebration and the Bunny and the Egg both symolize fertility. Estres (not sure on that spelling) is the godess of fertility, Easter is derived from that name.\n\nHalloween is also Pagen \n\nThe Christmas tree is also Pagen
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The fleur-de-lis (also spelled fleur-de-lys; plural fleurs-de-lis or -lys; an archaic spelling is fleur-de-luce) is used in heraldry, where it is particularly associated with the French monarchy (see King of France). The fleur-de-lis remains an unofficial symbol of France (along with the Bees and the napoleonic eagle), but has not been used as an official symbol by the various French republics.\n\nIt is also used by Various Scout organizations, worldwide as part of their logo.\n\nThe variant fleur-de-luce has been interpreted as meaning "flower of light" since lux (oblique stem luc-) is Latin for "light".\n\nOrigins\nThe name translates into English as "lily flower", and the symbol is in fact a stylized Iris Pseudacorus l.. It was adopted by King Philip I of France in the 11th century. His grandson Louis VII was the first to adopt the Azure semé-de-lys Or (a blue shield with a tight pattern of small golden fleur-de-lis) as his badge, and this came to be so closely associated with his country that it is now known as "France Ancient". Three gold flowers on a blue background ("France Modern") dates to 1376 and Charles V of France.\n\nThe fleur-de-lis' origins with French monarchs stems from the baptismal lily used in the crowning of King Clovis I. To further enhance its mystique, a legend eventually sprang up that a vial of oil descended from heaven to anoint and sanctify Clovis as King. The thus "anointed" Kings of France later maintained that their authority was directly from God, without the mediation of either the Emperor or the Pope. Other legends claim that even the lily itself appeared at the baptismal ceremony as a gift of blessing in an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Catholic Church later endorsed the legend by associating Mary with the symbol. There are many legends, for instance that Clovis saw an angel.\n\nThe oldest legend tells that the lily sprung from the tears shed by Eve (Adam and Eve) as she left the Garden of Eden. (just as that unrelated flower, the lily of the valley, was said to have grown from the tears of the Virgin at the foot of the Cross). From early records (it was the flower of Hera, the Greek moon goddess) it has been the symbol of purity and was accordingly readily adopted by the Church to associate the Virgin Mary's sanctity with events of special significance. Some historians of heraldry have claimed that the fleur-de-lis actually originated as a stylized bee, or a stylized frog. Other explanations include the shape having been developed from the image of a dove descending, which is the symbol of the Holy Ghost.\n\nIt is not rare, until the end of the 12th century, to see Christ represented amidst more or less stylised lilies or fleurons, whose design also recall the Trinity of the Chrismon (Tree) (Christ's monogram).Then, slowly, on this Christic content is added a Marial symbolic, linked to the development of the Cult of Mary, and to which the next verse of the Song of Solomon is related (2:2): "sicut lilium inter spinas, sic amica mea inter lilias" ("as the lily [stands out] among the thorns, thus my love [stands out] among the lilies"), as well as many parts of the Scriptures and the Fathers of the Church, where the lily is presented as symbol of purity, virginity and chastity. In iconography, the fleur-de-lis becomes the favorite attribute in the Assumption of Mary, the Black Madonna.\n\nSo contrary to popular belief, the fleur-de-lis did not originate in France. Its traces origins back to Ancient Egypt (or earlier) and the sacred lotus symbol for plant meaning Tree of Life explained. Here it is room for speculations about Moses ("son of Egypt") and his Egyptian cultural heritage in the writing of the book of Genesis). In ancient Egypt and in India (as in Christianity etc) the fleur-de-lis was used as symbol meaning life and resurrection. In Egypt it was also the attribute of th
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The Easter Bunny (also known as the Spring Bunny in some parts of the United States) is a fantasy or mythological rabbit which leaves gifts for children at Easter (or at springtime). It originates in Western European cultures, where it is a hare rather than a rabbit.\n\nGerman Protestants wanted to retain the Catholic custom of eating colored eggs for Easter, but did not want to introduce their children to the Catholic rite of fasting. Eggs were forbidden to Catholics during the fast of Lent, which was the reason for the abundance of eggs at Easter time.\n\nThe idea of an egg-laying rabbit came to the United States in the 18th century. German immigrants in the Pennsylvania Dutch area told their children about the "Osterhase" (also: "Oschter Haws"). "Hase" means "hare", not rabbit, and in Northwest European folklore the "Easter Bunny" indeed is a hare, not a rabbit.\n\nOnly good children received gifts of colored eggs in the nests that they made in their caps and bonnets before Easter. Presumably, the Oschter Haws laid them when the children were not looking.\n\nA hundred years later Jakob Grimm wrote of long-standing similar myths in Germany itself. Noting many related landmarks and customs, Grimm suggested that these derived from legends of Ostara.\n\nEaster Hare\nThe Romans believed that all life proceeded from an egg, so the egg came to symbolize birth and rebirth. Christians regarded eggs as the seeds of life and attributed them with the symbol of Jesus' resurrection. \n\nThe rabbit was used in early Easter celebrations to symbolize fertility, perhaps because these animals give birth to multiple offspring at a time. Anglo-Saxon mythology says that Ostara changed her pet bird into a rabbit to entertain a group of children, and the rabbit laid brightly colored eggs for them. \n\nEaster was once celebrated by giving colored eggs to children and later evolved to hiding them in the grass, where they had supposedly been laid by a hare. Children referred to this Easter mascot as the "Easter Hare," which later became known as the "Easter Bunny."
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Yep. And Easter is a pagan celebration of spring.
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its easter bunny magic
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Yes, it's based on the Bell Witch legend in Tennesse...check out bellwitch.org
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Plague theory\nA common belief is that the rhyme commemorates the Great Plague of London in 1665, or perhaps earlier outbreaks of bubonic plague in England. However, this is relatively unlikely. This implies an origin as early as the 14th century for the song, but this is possible only if it were recited for centuries without being written down (as it first appeared in print in the late 19th century).\n\nIn this "plague" interpretation, the first line refers to the round red rash that would break out on the skin of plague victims. It can also refer to when a black ring was 'branded' on infected person's right arm. The second line's "pocket full of posies" would have been a pocket in the garment of a victim filled with something fragrant, such as flowers that aimed to conceal the smell from the sores and the dying people. A second possible explanation for this line is that it referred to the purported belief that fresh-smelling flowers, nosegays, and pomanders would purify the air around them thus warding off disease. A third possibility includes the idea that "posies" are derived from an Old English word for pus, in which case the pocket would be referring to the swelling sore.\n\n"Ashes, ashes" may refer to when people alive and dead were gathered up into piles and lit on fire alive in a belief that burning the diseased bodies would not allow the disease to spread. Several alternate endings to the song exist, one being: "atishoo, atishoo, we all fall down", the theory is that this would refer to the fact that plague sufferers would suffer flu like symptoms before eventually succumbing to death (also, Pneumonic plague had flu like symptoms as well as acute coughing and sneezing). Another is "Husha, Husha, we all fall down.", the word "Husha" being the sound made from the last escaping breath of a dying person, which is generally described as being longer and more sustained than expected. "We all fall down" refers to the fact that everyone is dying. It is believed the American version "ashes, ashes, we all fall down" was an alteration of the original English version because it was more suited to local cultural preferences.\n\nThe first time the nursery rhyme was suggested to be plague related seems to be in 1961, James Leasor's book The Plague and the Fire. However, it is not clear whether Leasor concocted the plague interpretation on his own. The rhyme was first published in Kate Greenaway's Mother Goose or The Old Nursery Rhymes (1881), centuries after the plauge swept Europe; and there is no evidence of an earlier version. Further, many early versions of the rhyme omit the lines used to support the Plauge theory. Because of this, some have suspected this theory to be false. (see external links)
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I think it was in "Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey".  Check it out here:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Every_Rose_Has_Its_Thorn
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eggs are a symbol of resurrection and therefore the official symbol of easter.  people decorate them to give the eggs added meaning as symbolic objects i would guess.