tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post8204347218160195815..comments2024-03-25T08:41:57.698+13:00Comments on Kiwi Hellenist: Easter and paganism. Part 2Peter Gainsfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17448862214081111386noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-42687573300159883542023-04-04T23:24:30.003+12:002023-04-04T23:24:30.003+12:00Hey Peter! When you say “No matter how many images...Hey Peter! When you say “No matter how many images of hares are found in 12th century Devon churches or in ancient art, if there's no reason to infer a connection to Easter” do you also consider that the supposed tradition of associating hares with the Virgin Maria has no connection to the Easter rabbits? I read this theory once, but I don't know if it's correct.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-79906975113214683332023-03-25T08:52:41.763+13:002023-03-25T08:52:41.763+13:00Thanks a lot for the answers Peter. All the best!Thanks a lot for the answers Peter. All the best!Emilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-50189050834708815902023-03-21T11:31:42.591+13:002023-03-21T11:31:42.591+13:00More generally, Ronald Hutton's The stations o...More generally, Ronald Hutton's <i>The stations of the sun. A history of the ritual year in Britain</i> (Oxford, 1996) has the best general history of Easter celebrations as practised in Britain. That's the most general work on the subject that is available. But of course that book only deals with Britain.Peter Gainsfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448862214081111386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-18851974152008437282023-03-21T11:26:43.676+13:002023-03-21T11:26:43.676+13:00Hi Emily. Many of the claims made here are negativ...Hi Emily. Many of the claims made here are negative, of the form 'There is no evidence to suggest X'. Negative claims can't be substantiated with evidence, because the point is that no evidence exists: it's positive claims that require evidence.<br /><br />My impression from what you've written is that you're expecting my article here is a condensation of a single Peter Gainsfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448862214081111386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-41432871507372596372023-03-21T01:26:13.739+13:002023-03-21T01:26:13.739+13:00Hello Peter! How are you? Could you please mention...Hello Peter! How are you? Could you please mention books that corroborate with the information you put in the post? I'm not suspecting the veracity of the information you put in the post but I think it would be interesting to know more authors who mentioned the information you shared.<br /><br />In fact it would be very interesting if you could list authors who mention the information you Emilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-6984732054075319332023-03-11T11:24:03.470+13:002023-03-11T11:24:03.470+13:00I've looked a little deeper into it now and I ...I've looked a little deeper into it now and I figured out why the misattribution took place:<br />Christian Levin Sander in "Pargantua und Pantagruel" (I've misspelled that last time) actually does a rework of the work of Rabelais as well as "Aller Praktik Großmutter" from Fischart in 1572.<br /><br />The relevant passage is in the chapter which is a rework of Marvinhttps://youtube.com/@BesserGlaubennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-56417742194860793402023-03-02T10:58:19.241+13:002023-03-02T10:58:19.241+13:00That's an impressive find! Thanks for alerting...That's an impressive find! Thanks for alerting everyone to this.Peter Gainsfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448862214081111386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-37774586118199317522023-03-02T00:11:03.748+13:002023-03-02T00:11:03.748+13:00So therefore, it's neither a typo nor did it o...So therefore, it's neither a typo nor did it originate in 2016, but 80 years before thatMarvinhttps://youtube.com/@BesserGlaubennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-33412340430711151052023-02-27T13:56:58.167+13:002023-02-27T13:56:58.167+13:00Hey, I actually know where the 1572 claim originat...Hey, I actually know where the 1572 claim originated!<br /><br />There's no reference of it in english, but it actually is in german!<br />It's referenced here and originated in the 1930s:<br />https://www.e-periodica.ch/cntmng?pid=sav-001:1933:32::202<br />Now the big problem with this reference is though, the actual source that is cited (Fischart, 1572) doesn't include this quote.<Marvinhttps://youtube.com/@BesserGlaubennoreply@blogger.com