The Goodland republic., 1907-03-15
SYMBOL OF GLAD EASTER.
All Peoples Have Connected the Egg
With the Creation OF Life

All Peoples Have Connected the Egg
With the Creation OF Life
For DAYS the shop windows have
spoken eIOquently though mutely Of
the advent Of the great spring festi-
val which in some form or other the
classes and masses OF the people are
observing. Easter lilies and tulips,
violets and hyacinths all have spoken
Of the birth OF a new year, OF the
sDringing forth Of buds and blossoms,
OF the thrilling Of bird songs, Of the
breaking OF ice-bound waters, Of the
passing OF winter. and Of the return
of the sun bringing with il seedttme,
and the birth Of new hopes and de-
sires, symbOlized in the celebration OF
Easter.
And everywhere the egg. symbolic
OF the universe and Of life, OF the
springing forth from the germ OF new
forces and powers, has been in evi-
dence.
The Egyptians, the Jews, the Per
SLAMS and Hindus, the Syrians, the
burmese the Chinese, the Australians,
the Hawaiians-au have connected
the egg with the creation OF renewal
Of life.
The fire worshippers Of Persia, wor-
shipping Zoroaster as a prophet, be
Heved in a first great spirit from
whom came two brothers, Ormuzd
and Ahrfman- Ahriman, showing jeal-
ousy Of his brother, Ormuzd, was con-
demned TO darkness for Thousands OF
years. Angered, he iOnged for re-
vengue, and when Ormuzd made an
egg containing good genii Ahriman
made another full OF evil spirits, and
broke the two together, so that from
the beginnig good and evil were mix
ed. In memory Of this legend Of crea-
ton the Persians at the festival OF the
solar new year, held in March, e1-
changed cOlOred eggs as gifts
The Chinese have a story that the
first man, Poo KOo Wong, came from
an egg, and that having been born he
used the upper part Of the shell 20
make the heavens, while the lower
part became the earth.
The Burmese tell that the first man
and woman, their Adam and Eve
were hatched from a single egg
The Syrians say that their gods
from whom they were descended were
hatched from eggs.
The Australians believe the eartn
was darkened space until one OF their
race threw up an egg. which exploded
and became the sun.
Hawaii, the islanders declare, was
great egg which some manomtn bird
dropped as it passed over the seas
The Egyptians regarded the egg as
q sacred emblem Of the renovation q
mankind after the food. and the Jews
used Il as q type Of their departure
from the land of the Egyptians, and
with the Paschal lamb it was par
OF the Passover feast
The early Christmas were, o.
course. Jewish, and when they began
to observe Easter IS a Christian feasi
gave 70 the egg as a part Of the cere
unoniaI OF the season new signif-
cance. that OF the resurrection from
the dead. Eggs we're forbidden dur
ing Lent, and SO naturally accunau'
lated as the hens did not stop laying
Eating them on Easter day signlflec
that fasting time was over and feast
ing begun, 50 they were connsctee
with Joy Just as were the bells which
hushed during the period preceding
Easter day, broke into joyous peaiins
at the dawn
The name for Easter in the romaIlcs
anxuagsz=qsQues in French, pasqlis
in italian, and pascua IL spanish
comes through the Latin pascha
from the Cha1dean form o. me ne
brew name for the Passover 1sszlFe-i
Hs1re the ezss are pace, puscas, p