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1备课资料EasterTraditionsHotCrossBunsAtthefeastofEostre,theSaxonfertilityGoddess,anoxwassacrificed.Theox’shornsbecameasymbolforthefeast.Theywerecarve

dintotheritualbread.Thusoriginated“hotcrossbuns”.Theword“buns”isderivedfromtheSaxonword“boun”whichmeans“

sacredox”.Later,thesymbolofasymmetricalcrosswasusedtodecoratethebuns;thecrossrepresentedthemoon,theheavenlyb

odyassociatedwiththeGoddess,anditsfourquarters.EasterRabbitandEggsThesymbolsoftheNorseGoddessOstarawerethehareandtheegg.Bothre

presentedfertility.Fromthese,wehaveinheritedthecustomsandsymbolsoftheEastereggandEasterrabbit.Dyedeggsalsoformedpartoftheritualsoftheancient,pr

e-ChristianBabylonianmysteryreligions.EggsweresacredtomanyancientcivilizationsandformedanintegralpartofreligiousceremoniesinEgyptandtheO

rient.DyedeggswerehunginEgyptiantemples,andtheeggwasregardedastheemblemofregenerativelifeproceedingfromthemouthofthegreatEgyptiangod

.Wehavetalkedaboutthisinthelastpart.EasterSunriseServiceThiscustomcanbetracedbacktotheancientPagancus

tomofwelcomingthesunGodatthevernalequinox—whendaytimeisabouttoexceedthelengthofthenighttime.Itwasatimeto“celebratethereturnoflifeandreproduction

toanimalandplantlifeaswell”.EasterCandlesThesearesometimeslitinchurchesontheeveofEasterSunday.Somecommentatorsb

elievethatthesecanbedirectlylinkedtothePagancustomsoflightingbonfiresatthistimeofyeartowelcometherebirt

h/resurrectionofthesunGod.