The Creepy Origins of Easter: Forgotten Pagan Rituals & Dark Traditions

Long before chocolate eggs and fluffy bunnies, Easter was something far stranger…

From forgotten fertility rites and bonfires to ward off witches, to eggs used for prophecy and ancient goddess worship — this deep dive explores the eerie origins of Easter you were never taught in school. Discover how springtime once meant spirit-trapping eggs, foxes delivering gifts, and masked mummers performing death and resurrection plays in the village square.

Could Easter have once belonged to a pagan goddess named Ēostre? Why do we really roll eggs down hills? And what secrets does its celebration hold?

This is the unsettling truth behind Easter’s ancient rituals — from Ostara to modern-day folklore.

🔮 Chapters Include:
00:39 Who was Ēostre? The Spring Goddess & the Equinox
02:09 Eggs as omens, offerings… and spirit traps
03:21 Easter bonfires to ward off witches
04:27 Pagan fertility whipping
06:06 The Easter Fox: Germany’s forgotten gift-bringer
06:54 Death and resurrection plays in English villages
08:16 Graveyard picnics with the dead
09:27 The strange symbolism behind rolling eggs

🌕 If you love folklore, dark history, and the strange stories behind traditions, this one’s for you.

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