Friday, April 09, 2004

Pagan Peeps

Another article about Peeps, now in Slate. Apparently Peeps have been a pagan delicacy for some time:

"Candy historians speculate that the Peeps' link to Easter has more to do with the pagan origins of the holiday than its Christian roots. Eggs, and consequently chicks, are a long-standing symbol of fertility and rebirth, an appropriate image for a holiday that celebrates the coming of spring. Originally part of a pagan fertility ritual symbolizing new life, the egg became incorporated into Easter as pagan rites were absorbed into Christianity with the Christianization of Central Europe."

Via Gothamist.

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