What Is The Origin Of The Easter Bunny

The easter bunny is sometimes depicted with clothes.

Originating among german lutherans the easter hare originally played the role of a judge evaluating whether children were good or disobedient in behavior at the start of the season of eastertide. In 1835 jacob grimm the popular collector of fairy tales suggested that the easter bunny came from primitive german pagan traditions. One theory is that the symbol of the rabbit stems from pagan tradition specifically the festival of eostre a goddess of fertility. Some historians believe that the easter bunny first showed up in american culture in the 1700s with german immigrants who told their children of a mythical creature known as osterhase or oschter.

In legend the creature carries colored eggs in his basket candy and sometimes also toys to the homes of children and as such. Once grimm started the rumor it began to spread refined to suggest the easter bunny comes from the saxon goddess eostre.