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Easter Eggs Are Easter Symbols

It should not be surprising to discover that the decoration and coloring of Easter eggs didn’t start with Easter itself, but seems to have existed as a practice long before that celebration came into being. Eggs are linked to fertility, for obvious reasons, and have been used in and connected to fertility festivals apparently for millennia. As you look through ancient writings and archeological records that predate the origin of Easter, you see the egg appearing at moments that celebrate the fertility of the earth and the return of spring.

The significance of Easter eggs appears to mirror, or maybe even continue, traditions that existed long before they appeared. For example, a pre-Christian Anglo-Saxon spring festival to the goddess Eostre may actually have given the Christian celebration its name. This goddess appears to have been associated both with the egg and the hare, or rabbit, both of which signified fertility. This might be the origin of the Easter bunny as well. Eggs have been associated with many stories about new life and creation, from China to India to Europe.

Even when Christianity adopted eggs as one of the symbols for its own spring celebration, the practices that evolved for their use varied greatly, depending on the sect of the church and the culture in which it was found. In the vast eastern branches of both the Catholic and the Orthodox Church, for example, the outside of the egg is often painted red, as a symbol of the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ. As the shell cracks, this signifies the opening of the tomb, and the egg inside stands for the new resurrected life.

Easter eggs today have taken on a life of their own, almost independent of any Christian significance. They have become the subject of intricate and colorful decorating techniques, particularly in Slavic countries and especially in the Ukraine. Dye resistant wax is painted on and the eggs are dipped so the unprotected parts are colored, and the process is repeated until the full design is created. These eggs have become almost completely divorced from the meaning of Easter, and have turned into an independent cultural art form. Whether connected symbolically to the creation of new life or revered as an artistic canvas, from ancient times until today colored eggs have captivated the human mind and spirit.

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