Why Does the Easter Bunny Bring Eggs?

Did you know that etiquette requires individuals to eat the ears first when munching a chocolate bunny? A survey conducted by the Chocolate Manufacturers Association (CMA) and National Confectioners Association (NCA) reveals this information. It also noted that chocolate bunnies are the number one “must have” item in an Easter basket.

I have always wondered about the bunny bringing chicken eggs. Where did this start?  

An Anglo-Saxon myth reveals that the German Goddess of springtime, Ostara, evolved into an egg-toting Easter bunny. According to the myth, Ostara personifies the rising sun. A friend to all children, she amuses them by changing her pet bird into a rabbit. The rabbit brings colored eggs which she gives to the children as gifts. 

In my imagination, the bunny clan and the chicken clan played tricks on one another. They had their territories to defend above and below the earth. One dark night, the bunnies climbed up from their depths in the tree roots and stole all the chickens' eggs. The bunnies hid the eggs in their tunnels that weaves under the ground.

All night long, the bunnies painted the eggs a variety of colors made from chewing daisies, geraniums, and nasturtiums. They popped them up into the chickens' land and hid them behind bushes. The next morning feathers flew as the chickens ran around trying to find their eggs.

What do you think the chickens did when they discovered their eggs had turned a variety of colors?

Oregon Ducks love to color their eggs.