Lutheran Easter
Description:
As you know, Easter was born long before the appearance of Christ: the Jews were taken to treat the Passover lamb, which was also called Easter. Unsurprisingly, this tradition has taken root in Iceland, where people are inferior in number to sheep.
With the tradition of dyeing eggs, such a smooth transition did not happen - by the time the first information about Easter eggs reached Iceland, the whole world was fascinated by the more attractive sweet chocolate eggs. Thus, the rather muddy tradition of dyeing eggs never took root, but in the 1920s, one of the bakeries of Reykjavik was already proudly selling chocolate eggs filled with candy. Having succumbed to Western trends, parents let their children go in search of chocolate eggs under the leadership of various public organizations. To be fair, adults in Iceland are also sweet hunters. Especially for them, chocolate factories make eggs with wise phrases inside, which can be taken as a warning, prophecy or wish. Phrases are selected from folklore, ancient family sagas and sayings of the Great and give special depth to the Easter delicacy.
Perhaps the only thoroughly Icelandic tradition can be considered the belief that on Easter the sun “dances”, moving right-left, down-up and in a circle, as if rejoicing and rejoicing on the Lord’s Sunday. To witness a miracle, you need to know the exact time of the resurrection, and, according to some, it is necessary that the date of Easter coincides with the date when Jesus rose many years ago. Many eyewitnesses claim that the dance of the son almost deprived them of their sight, because the light was too bright and pure for the human eye.
And if the celebration of Easter in Iceland is latitude inferior to Russian custom, it is partly because Icelanders have their own pagan spring celebration, which they look forward to - namely, the First Day of Summer.
With the tradition of dyeing eggs, such a smooth transition did not happen - by the time the first information about Easter eggs reached Iceland, the whole world was fascinated by the more attractive sweet chocolate eggs. Thus, the rather muddy tradition of dyeing eggs never took root, but in the 1920s, one of the bakeries of Reykjavik was already proudly selling chocolate eggs filled with candy. Having succumbed to Western trends, parents let their children go in search of chocolate eggs under the leadership of various public organizations. To be fair, adults in Iceland are also sweet hunters. Especially for them, chocolate factories make eggs with wise phrases inside, which can be taken as a warning, prophecy or wish. Phrases are selected from folklore, ancient family sagas and sayings of the Great and give special depth to the Easter delicacy.
Perhaps the only thoroughly Icelandic tradition can be considered the belief that on Easter the sun “dances”, moving right-left, down-up and in a circle, as if rejoicing and rejoicing on the Lord’s Sunday. To witness a miracle, you need to know the exact time of the resurrection, and, according to some, it is necessary that the date of Easter coincides with the date when Jesus rose many years ago. Many eyewitnesses claim that the dance of the son almost deprived them of their sight, because the light was too bright and pure for the human eye.
And if the celebration of Easter in Iceland is latitude inferior to Russian custom, it is partly because Icelanders have their own pagan spring celebration, which they look forward to - namely, the First Day of Summer.