The Origin of Zombie Jesus

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Sunday houses a day where people celebrate the rising of zombie Jesus with bunnies, chocolate, and eggs. Easter is a holiday that, like Christmas, has many stories of how it all started. Some say it was the Pagans, others say it was the Christians, and then there are a few lunatics who believe it was all a part of some strange alien ritual.

Below are a few origin stories circulating around this particular holiday:

-The One We All Know

Easter has been taught to us with the Catholic/Christian belief that Jesus Christ was crucified, died, and buried in a stone chamber. Easter is the day we celebrate His resurrection and that He’s a zombie, a biblical Houdini, or really, the son of God.  With this religious lesson, we are able to incorporate the Easter symbols (the egg and the rabbit) as signs of fertility and new life.

-The Pagan Way

In Paganism, Easter has a similar origin to that of the Catholic/Christian belief. The Sumerian Goddess Inanna (aka Ishtar) was crucified on a stake and rose and ascended from the Underworld. Sound familiar? Ishtar was the Goddess of fertility and sex, which fits in nicely with the traditional Easter symbols as previously mentioned. Another Pagan reason for celebrating Easter is the rise of the Spring Equinox.

-Eostre

Eostre is a Goddess from Teutonic lore who is associated with Spring and fertility. Originally, April was called Eosturmonath obviously named for Eostre, but it also translated to ‘Paschal month’. Eostre was to be celebrated with feasts and she was offered hot cross buns as a ritual. The cross symbol on the pastry was to represent the four quarters of the year or the moon.  Eostre even had a totem/familiar which was a hare that she could transform into. As for eggs, they were forbidden during Lent, but placed on the table to show the Lent days had concluded, and were painted crimson to celebrate Easter joy.

-Latin, Much?

‘Easter’ in Latin was translated to ‘hebdomada alba’ also known as white week. This was an ancient reference to Easter week and the white clothing donned by people who were baptized during that time. It appears that Easter was celebrated for a week and only served the ideas of baptism and celebrating the Lord.

Happy Easter to you all. Enjoy your day doing whatever makes you feel good, celebratory, and awesome. Instead of a question, tonight I leave you with something that will warm anyone’s heart and make them smile: an adorable little bunny.

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Regretfully this little bun bun is not mine. But I wish it was.