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The origin of the egg hunt had nothing to do with Easter.
It was merely a way to make a game out of finding chicken's eggs in the springtime, where new chickens were usually just beginning their egg laying.
Young chickens are dumbasses and will lay them anywhere until they find a comfortable place.
Eventually, with all the "egg" associations with Easter (new birth), the decorated eggs were purposefully hidden for childhood gayety.
The rabbit part originates from the old (old, old) belief that rabbits were hermaphrodites, and could give birth while staying a virgin. Thus alluding to the Virgin Mary.
Rabbits were a common motif in medieval religious art. Which carried into being used as a religious "mascot" of sorts.
It was merely a way to make a game out of finding chicken's eggs in the springtime, where new chickens were usually just beginning their egg laying.
Young chickens are dumbasses and will lay them anywhere until they find a comfortable place.
Eventually, with all the "egg" associations with Easter (new birth), the decorated eggs were purposefully hidden for childhood gayety.
The rabbit part originates from the old (old, old) belief that rabbits were hermaphrodites, and could give birth while staying a virgin. Thus alluding to the Virgin Mary.
Rabbits were a common motif in medieval religious art. Which carried into being used as a religious "mascot" of sorts.