Holiday Tales: Easter!

[@MagnusThiHan]

Fun fact: the picture on that "Easter is about Ishtar" poster is the Burney relief. The Burney relief probably does not depict Ishtar, but her sister, Ereshkigal.

[@greenergrass4060]

Exactly! It always makes me cringe everytime i see it on a christian site and get labeled "Ishtar". When in facts, its more likely portraying her sister, Erishkigal. The underworld queen. Hence, the Talon feet , the owls, and folded-down wings

[@phastinemoon]

Wow, it's almost like the guy who made it didn't have a clue WHAT he was talking about!

[@invertin]

Can we just make a series out of Red taking apart conspiracy theories related to mythology like the Ishtar/Easter thing

[@basilofgoodwishes4138]

jordan stone like the Annunaki being aliens.

[@andresacosta4832]

Fucking Zecharia Sitchin...

[@sjappiyah4071]

Yes that would be so good, and it’d be cool to see Red debunk other thories like Jesus coming from mithra and other bs

[@basilofgoodwishes4138]

Samuel Appiah Jesus story isn't all that unique, demigods existed before him.

[@kylepietrusiewicz2749]

@@basilofgoodwishes4138 yea but all the supposed connections to him in the memes are lies at worst and have to be stretched to their limit at best

[@HelloFutureMe]

Really loved this breakdown of Easter and all its confusing components. Your impartiality is truly a strength!

[@annburdeshaw4266]

Hi

[@jasonarcand1871]

I know I love both your channels by the way

[@TierZoo]

Happy Good Friday! Learned a lot from this episode :)

[@cedricrobertson2893]

TierZoo so where go egg laying hares in the tier?

[@andrexg.7559]

I see you everywhere,your videos are so cool,keep up the good work

[@MrDj232]

Cool, I didn't know you watched this channel. Looking forward to your cryptozoology video.

[@kelandriel]

Cool...tier zoo likes stuff I like!

[@nerd_mus]

Top ten youtube channel crossovers of all time

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Time to celebrate Easter! Here's your corkboard, your string, and a few newspaper clippings. Have at it, you crazy kids! "Okay!" _later..._ "WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAAAAAAAAAAN?!"

[@cedricrobertson2893]

Just Some Guy with a Mustache and here I wonder how do you survive if you are always in youtube

[@ChristianNeihart]

It means dad got some drinking in while you were wasting your time.

[@kathrynblakeley9823]

(pats on the back) It will be okay, you guy with a mustache it is interesting journey. It stinks we don't have answer but we can enjoy the trip. Maybe one day it will be like "The Hogfather" until then enjoy painting eggs, chocolate, and food.

[@mr.e7862]

I see you EVERYWHERE.

[@jamcalx]

Sup dude! Happy Easter!

[@stoutyyyy]

I have to say, this and your Christmas video are the first videos of this type to explain these holidays without the tone of either “it’s only about Jesus and nothing else” or “ha ha your god is fake.” Very respectful and well-researched.

[@natalua1277]

During the original Passover, people had to slaughter a ‘lamb with no blemishes’ and paint its blood over their doors or else the first born from your family would die. After that, the people in Jesus’ time kept sacrificing lambs so that they could be forgiven of their sins. It’s important that Jesus dies during Passover because he was supposed to die for the sins of man so they could get to heaven. Basically Jesus was like the Passover lamb for this year, sacrificed for the sins of man. (That’s why he’s called the Lamb of God) At least thats what they told me in class.

[@dewayner5388]

Yep. If you want to take a more philosophical/mythological view of it, there's also some ideas of the establishment of a new covenant based on forgiveness due to blood/death and ”rhyming” and parallels and whatnot.

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

Religion is one hell of drug

[@TheLuckOfTheClaws]

that's actually really cool

[@jasielsethling5850]

So....u paint Ur door with innocent animal blood or ur kid dies?....that's worse than the cat crosses the street superstition

[@josephyml]

I'm pretty sure people don't continue to paint their doors with blood, that was just the first Passover. It was a sign for the angel of death that the family was Israeli.

[@m3rrys0ngstr3ss]

"The past is another country" - ain't that the truth. Thank you for this, Red. I'm Catholic, and I had no idea about the level of scholarly debate that has gone on about this.

[@andromedaofspace1156]

0:32 *hears The prince of Egypt soundtrack* Me: I approve

[@qwellen7521]

It sounded like Deus Ex to me

[@sjappiyah4071]

Yup haha

[@sobur_a]

Ikr XD

[@notben5810]

DELIVER UUUUUUUS

[@Grim_Sister]

Bless our holy mother, Ofra Haza (Moses’ mother)

[@samdragonborn5864]

My church holds a funeral for Jesus every Good Friday I’m not kidding

[@shandaniel2999]

That doesn't fit with being saved XD

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

Suck to be you XD

[@catskillsthedisturbedartis3458]

Sam Dragonborn lmao😂😆😁

[@LIETUVIS10STUDIO1]

I mean that is Good Friday, not Easter.

[@samdragonborn5864]

Algis but they’re related, Good Friday is the day Jesus was crucified

[@tapiocapearl0304]

That singing was heavenly. It's just something about your voice, it's not exceptionally melodious but hearing it makes me feel like home.

[@joyannetracy8825]

XXX L It’s “For Good” from Wicked 🤗😆

[@mitchellbonds766]

Fun times. At my church when I was but a wee lad, I was taught AS GOSPEL the whole "Ishtsar means paganism so NO CANDY FOR YOU" narrative. Now, as an adult, I eat Cadbury creme eggs til I can't breathe.

[@Punaparta]

Your church was boring and lame.

[@Veryfreshveryflourish24]

So if the eggs are blood of christ and the chicks inside are blood cells. Every mc nugget is a part of our lord and savior

[@rd-6137]

wat

[@ingonyama70]

Welp, I know what I'm having for Easter dinner. :p (says the pagan, I know, I know, I'm hilarious)

[@sjappiyah4071]

I’m so done LMFAO

[@XxWhite_Fang45xX]

Infinidagger Adventure! Mockers and scoffers will come in the last days....

[@merrittanimation7721]

Communion rites would be a lot more interesting if they had mc nuggets instead of the wafers. Also horrible implication for the relation of the Church and corporations that I'm happy isn't a thing

[@phastinemoon]

1:25 - I looked up the Easter ham thing, and it’s much more mundane (and recent) than we would expect: it’s just because, after a long winter, ham was one of the few things that people had to eat because it was likely preserved really well. That’s literally it - needing something to put on the table, and what you have available is what you eat. Kinda the same way that the turkey dinner is iconic to Thanksgiving, even if it didn’t go back to the first one - only picked up when Mrs Lincoln served it one year.

[@Lee-id8fc]

Public Easter egg hunts are a *blood bath*

[@OTheDetective]

Ms. Fortune all I know for real there will be blood shead

[@abigailmccarthy9982]

I really can't argue with that statement.

[@gnarthdarkanen7464]

Maybe so... BUT PUBIC easter egg hunts sound interesting... (dubious, but interesting) ;o)

[@carcinogenicoak3057]

gnarth d'arkanen If you have eggs down there, I would recommend telling your doctor or physician about it.

[@icetweiz]

The one who wield the eggs Shall rule all

[@jamesmasse5794]

Christmas: My origins are incredibly complex. Easter: Hold my beer

[@molly-zx9cr]

Eggs are also a symbol of Passover, being one of the things which goes on the Seder plate. They’re said to represent (you guessed it) spring, fertility, and rebirth

[@theaj7866]

I can imagen that “Ostara“ turned into “Ostern“ (=german for easter) and this became easter... really interesting :)

[@garrusn7702]

Yeah, but thats just what they call it. Easter existed long before Germanic language speakers began calling it that.

[@theaj7866]

@@garrusn7702 That`s true. But beside the holiday and how old it is, I am just enthusiastic about the linguistic concept behind it. The similarities between the name “Ostera“ and the word in the westgermanic languages (i do not know, if nordgermanic languages also have a similar word) show us, how the languages evolved, how they adapted words from older word of a heathen concept to name a not-germanic concept after. I didn`t know that the word was rooted there before I saw the video and I was truley amazed! Languages are just a wonderful thing to think about :D

[@83croissant]

Fun fact, Ostara was a theoretical goddess proposed by Jacob Grimm , based on the Old High German word for Easter being ostarun . You may recognize the name Jacob Grimm from the fairy tales-- he also did anthropology. So you can imagine Ostara being related to ostern because it is, only retro-actively. Ostara is an etymological reconstruction, like the P.I.E. dawn goddess Hausõs -- Unfortunately Ostara existing all hangs on whether Eostre exists or Bede made it up or just guessed it. If Bede was right about the name of the month of April in Old Anglo-Saxon (Eostarmonath) being named after a goddess who had a feast in that month. Jacob Grimm assumed that, if that were true, the related language of old high german would have called her Ostara. Ostara is also the name of a modern Wiccan holy day , for the vernal equinox. But again, this IS a reconstruction, based on several assumptions made by nineteenth century anthropologists , based on assumptions made by Jacob Grimm, based on an observation an eighth century monk who primarily spoke latin made, about a culture he was not from

[@Alkiviadis_]

Yep, we call it Pascha, we dye eggs red and we set the sky on fire with fireworks during the resurrection. Its a lit holiday in Greece, people should visit more during that time.

[@m.j.vazquez4720]

do you guys have the tradition of the Easter bunny ?

[@Alkiviadis_]

@@m.j.vazquez4720 No

[@m.j.vazquez4720]

@@Alkiviadis_ hmm im starting to think people who say Easter was stolen from a Germanic goddess ( despite being celebrated long before Germanic people converted ) have not done their research lol thanks

[@NikkiMKarLen]

6:11 "The past is another country with extremely poor documentation."

[@kirstyshadowdancer5095]

I have a footnote to this regarding bunnies laying eggs. As I was told it "Twas a tradition brought to England by Germanic Christians ( forwat that means) where during fall eggs would be hidden in rabbit burrows to survive the winter. Come spring chickens would arise from the ground then children would be sent to collect the unhatched eggs." This was apparently an Eastern tradition (prob Indian or Malay) that early christians made their own.

[@owendewaal9805]

Kirsty Shadowdancer That’s not chickens work though, how is that supposed to work, the eggs won’t hatch themselves without warmth and they certainly won’t lie dormant for months without just dying and rotting away.

[@kirstyshadowdancer5095]

The warmth came from the rabbits hiding in the burrows in winter. Which stopped the ceggs from freezing to death.

[@Whitetomato27]

Chicken eggs don't take so long to hatch though the chickens sound get out of the rabbits holes during the midst of winter.

[@owendewaal9805]

Would rabbits tolerate eggs in their burrows though? Rather than smashing and potentially eating it? On top of that, the chicks will hatch in like 3 weeks so way off, spring, like Whitetomate27 said, and, some hybernating rabbits aren't going to feed it now are they, it will probably starve or freeze to death...

[@83croissant]

The animal first associated with easter and egg hunts wasnt a rabbit, though, it was a hare. Rabbits make burrows but hares have their young in above-ground nest-like structures in fields and grassy areas. My theory is that the likely connection was people seeing eggs from a free-range chickn laid in a hare nest with a hare in it, or vice versa a hare repurposing an abandoned bird nest (if you raise chickens, you know they forget their eggs all the damn time and every day is an egg hunt when they're free range) . Now if I can fully just reach.... imagine a child finding a "nest" with both baby hares and chickens in it, and asking , " ma do hares lay eggs?" And the parents just go with it and say, "sure kiddo, they sure do" and then at Easter , a time when they are finally allowed to eat eggs and butter after the Lenten fast --- they make a game out of decorating the eggs and hiding them, and saying "the hare did it" .

[@wordsmith6154]

Catholic fun fact: When I took Catechism in elementary and middle school, my teacher always reviewed over the same thing at the beginning of every year: about how the father, son and holy spirit are one and the same. And how would they represent this? An egg.

[@FuzzyStripetail]

So, because one of the supposed goddesses of Easter was kidnapped by the sketchy human version of the Kool Aid man, we celebrate Easter with bunnies, eggs, and chocolate in the hopes that said goddess will be rescued.

[@queenalice7483]

Fuzzy Stripetail how'd you get that from this mess? HOW?

[@bookmarkr7694]

"That seems reasonable" said no one (hopefully) That sounds awesome/hilarious!

[@Eagledude131]

Sounds reasonable enough to be turned into a myth

[@dewayner5388]

Is that where you draw the line?

[@clancybrownpogging1141]

Fuzzy Stripetail OH YEAH!!

[@ntn7607]

Is that a Prince of Egypt song I hear over the Exodus explanation?

[@Boss_Isaac]

+NTN Anims Yes. Yes it is.

[@jeannebouwman1970]

I had to listen that a bunch of times, but yes, it is deliver us

[@jimothyhasleftthechat2667]

4:08 That pronunciation looks like a math equation... I'M ON VACATION TODAY MATH LEAVE ME ALONE

[@kingstonb8130]

LottiePop OMG IT DOES

[@kingstonb8130]

LottiePop OMG IT DOES

[@thirteenfury]

Hooray philology! Fwiw, the asterisk stands for "this is a word that may or may not exist in a dead language but it's being used for now as a placeholder until we find the original root word".

[@datfisheboi6519]

ITS MY FIRST DAY OF SPRING BREAK WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@paolav2887]

Lol there's no vacation in France (yet) haHaahAA *cries in the corner*

[@Robynhoodlum]

“Besides, life’s more fun if not everything makes sense anyway!” Thankyou Red for continuing to give me quotes to live by!

[@Veryfreshveryflourish24]

That is... certainly a interesting thumbnail

[@nicolegomez3994]

Infinidagger Adventure! Yes, yes it is

[@stephenskinner7207]

You could always go for the syncretic route and have your kids crucify Easter bunnies. I'm just kidding, I don't recommend you do that.

[@TheKlutz31013]

That's true, I'm Greek and we call it Paska. Our Easter is a week later since we're on the Orthodox calendar but we do dye eggs red and hit them against each other. The egg that cracks is the loser. (And Easter ham is a thing? We usually eat lamb.) Do Catholics fast for 40 days before Easter?

[@isaacvogt9220]

TheKlutz31013 well, we are supposed to, but it doesn't end up really working out like that. We give one thing up, and just can't eat meat, which excludes fish, on Fridays. At least... In America it is, but we got the religious crazies here so...

[@snowball_from_earth]

We should and some do not eat meat or sweets during that time.

[@TheKlutz31013]

Yeah same here, we're supposed to but it's mainly old religious people who actually do it

[@EmilioReyes_97]

@@TheKlutz31013 then again there is no but November.....counts ?

[@cameronscott9399]

That would be lent, and a lot of Christians celebrate it but it's basically been boiled down to "don't do a *thing*, you choose the thing just don't do a *thing*"

[@neurotic-P]

“Hoppy” easter! I’ll leave.

[@neurotic-P]

Also, if my sources are right, (correct me if i am wrong.) ‘bendan’ is Chinese for ‘stupid egg’. Enjoy this odd insult!

[@blarg2429]

Hop on out of here, you. And take my like.

[@neurotic-P]

blarg2429 aw thanks

[@jamesforgie6594]

I actually laughed at that. Congrats. Also, I think you’re right about the Chinese egg thing. And your profile pic is too cute.

[@neurotic-P]

James Forgie thanks! i drew it myself!

[@DukeDukeGo]

It took me a moment to recognize the song in the end, even though I could sing along every word. Love that song and that musical

[@Dreya-DreamerGirl]

Nice one Red! LOVE the use of "For Good" from Wicked! Just made my day! Keep up the great work 😁❤

[@GiftedContractor]

That is the most beautiful rendition of "For Good" That I've ever heard.

[@julietevans269]

The sly slip in of epic musical taste like the OST from the prince of Egypt, classical music and Inuyasha is . Just. Magic

[@gormauslander]

I just realized that historians will look back at a lot of our stuff and say "this was all pretty localized until the industrial age. That's when one person's idea, ie the factory owners idea, became propogated as the only idea" such as was the case with chess piece shapes, The easter bunny, and so many more

[@VladTevez]

Correction: In Greek is named _"Pascha",_ pronounced as an english H, not _"Pasha"_

[@EternalKHFan0]

It's still delicious, though.

[@VladTevez]

+Eternal KHFan sure, but _"pasha"_ means a completely different thing

[@aconcernedcommissar6261]

i think pasha is a title (or surname) in the ottoman empire

[@nekommunikabelnost]

It's a bit more straightforward if spelled with 'kh': 'Paskha'.

[@VladTevez]

+Goblin Shark Only title

[@pretsel5132]

That ending song brings me so many happy emotions and nostalgia Great video and great rendition of the song

[@Aniyyah-io7kv]

Didn't even let the notification sound finish before I clicked on it

[@UnownedMonkey]

Aniyyah GotJams1217 SAME

[@briansanders8122]

Is Jason and the Argonauts on your list of future videos?

[@abbiphillis1405]

You singing For Good in the end was some good shit. 10/10 dentists recommend.

[@TrueRomancer04]

As well as 10/10 Kleenex suppliers. I freaking tear up every time.

[@timothymclean]

We really need some better Easter carols. It's a shame that Easter doesn't have any significant secular components, meaning that our options are basically limited to songs about hares distributing eggs or repeating "He is risen!" a zillion times.

[@kylepietrusiewicz2749]

Timothy McLean if Easter had more secular elements then Easter would lose it's purpose

[@kathrynblakeley9823]

I mean there is The Messiah, which was originally written for Easter but I don't think that's what you are looking for.

[@mtfunnybones469]

Timothy McLean so true, it's should be like Christmas, it's need to tell everyone about reborn and a new hope.

[@timothymclean]

...I was thinking something more like the Easter equivalent of "Silver Bells" or "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" than "O Little Town of Bethlehem".

[@airgidcrann9993]

I mean, there's "Holiday Inn". "In Your Easter Bonnet"?

[@Boss_Isaac]

More like Happy Easter, every *_bunny._* Huh? I'll see myself out.

[@airmanon7213]

Hoppy Easter, everybunny!

[@Renkku95]

In Finland it's an Easter tradition that children dress as witches and go door to door trading decorated willow branches to candy or coins. :) The willow branch is a blessing for the whole year to come.

[@grymmdark]

Easter on April 1st is so perfect because Jesus coming back from the dead is like the best April fool's joke ever.

[@catblimp7894]

GemCatGamer Disiples: Oh crap, he's dead. Jesus: SUPRISE LOSERS!!!!

[@marshalinehamismother]

Guys, the tomb's empty Jk! Lol! April fools, he's decomposing over there.

[@grymmdark]

Lol

[@senniie3372]

HahahahhahahhHhahHahahha

[@dreamingdoe1588]

Disiples: what is this some kinda joke? Jesus:yes, yes it is.

[@johndipietro9301]

THANK YOU FOR THIS. Gonna use this as a reply to all those Ishtar memes. I will point out that modern Christian theologians do tie the Passover and Easter together through other forms of symbolism, the big one coming from one of Jesus' epithets - Jesus is the Lamb of God, sacrificed to save humanity from eternal death, just as an unblemished lamb is used in the Passover meal and was used in the original Exodus story so the blood would tell the Angel of Death to pass over the house. However, that may also fall under the "drawing similarities between things that aren't really similar."

[@ingonyama70]

I think you nailed it with that last sentence. Not every lamb is Jesus, just like not every lion is Ishtar. Some of them are Sekhmet.

[@varana]

It's not only modern theologians. That interpretation of the events happening on Passover goes back to the bible itself - Jesus as the "lamb of God" _is_ the ancient Christians connecting him to the Passover traditions.

[@beccag2758]

Ugh yes it makes me freaking angry when people are like "oh you celebrate such and such? Well HA you're actually celebrating _so and so_ you were tricked" Like just let people celebrate their holidays

[@Deka_cards]

The Easter Bunny is just Jesus’ secret fursona

[@helenanilsson5666]

I may not have a lot of insight in the furry community, but I'm pretty sure people can have more than one fursona.

[@arandompieceofinternettras6461]

As a furry I can confirm

[@paradoxacres1063]

No, Jesus' fursona is *Aslan* the Lion. Duh.

[@konnosx1213]

@Oh man I messed it up Can not go back to japan Seven eyed seven horned lamb in fact Which really sounds like some Deamon of Slaanesh to be honest

[@paulwagner688]

Hippitus Hoppitus

[@SonofSethoitae]

Persian culture regions, and some Persian influenced ethnic groups, celebrate a similar Vernal Equinox festival called "Nowruz" (note: the spelling is inconsistent in English). Coloured Eggs, pastel colours, the giving of candy to children, rabbits, it's all there too. Except that the goodies are delivered by a Santa-like figure called "Papa Nowruz".

[@SchneeflockeMonsoon]

You singing “For Good” made my day.

[@pessimisticprofessorfarnsw3241]

“When big J kicks it” I’ve never been that ok with blasphemy before 😂😂😂

[@ckhellokc3250]

I am Christian and I go to a Christian school. I have been taught about this for most of my life. BUT HOW DID I LEARN MORE ABOUT EASTER FROM YOU THAN MY ACTUAL TEACHERS

[@ChoralAlchemist]

Prince of Egypt music during mention of Exodus, hot damn OSP, big fan!

[@Roadk1ll21]

Wait... Puns are not considered iron clad gospel? We truly live in the darkest timeline. My life has no meaning now. 😫 /target:Self /run:Seppuku.exe

[@werewolf4358]

/::error /::command 'sudoku' not recognized

[@pinkajou656]

@@werewolf4358 phew…

[@TheRedLittleGirl]

I was just recommended your channel by a friend yesterday, since we were discussing Frankenstein, and wow I've had a fun time going through it since then. :D Informative, funny, and absolutely adorable. I love this sort of thing, and right now I definitely needed the laughs. Happy Easter!

[@lunareclipse0823]

Red: *casually sings For Good beautifully like it’s nobody’s business* Me: So angels /do/ walk on earth.

[@SensaiRyu]

"Life is more fun if everything doesn't make sense." If I didn't think I could love you anymore that sentence proved me wrong. Favorite KZbinr keep it up.

[@callanheise6398]

“for good” at the end makes me want broadway/musical summaries..... please

[@SkylerLinux]

I remember something about a Moon Egg, a hunter, and the Rabbit being the hunter's symbol. So if some form of an easter sounding event happened at the right time, with the Catholics trying to convert everyone by say oh it's really our god you worship. That would likely explain Eggs, bunnies, and Christ all happening during Risen Sunday.

[@davidioanhedges]

This is the "I did the research, thoroughly, and the answer is : don't know"

[@L3onking]

I sang "For good" for my senior high school music teacher who was leaving that year and i still can't hear it without crying. It reminds me of how far I've come

[@markusarseneault7358]

Happy Good Friday! Excellent video and information, this coming from a Christian to!

[@dnm3732]

cool

[@yeetus7629]

When I heard For Good from Wicked the musical at the end I may or may not have screamed seeing as I did it for a chorus and it sounded beautiful when you did it.

[@janmelantu7490]

Me, a German-American Lutheran: “you’re welcome for the Easter Bunny and Easter Egg hunts”

[@beccataylor1245]

This helped me today, not for education, but ive just had a rough day, and this made me smile, and that last statement really helps

[@timm9818]

I hate to do this but if Aphrodite connects to Easter… and we know from the Aphrodite video that she is potentially a Greek syncretization of Ishtar… then Ishtar is connected!!

[@moritzlinden7169]

Funny story: The whole thing about Ostara turning a bird into a hare is first mentioned in a text referencing a different text that allegedly claims that. That text however, merely says that Ostara's holy animal, the hare, probably used to be a bird and the context makes it clear that the author means that it used to be a bird in earlier versions. So, no transformation. Also, the name Ostara comes from Jakob Grimm who probably derived it from Eostre, but who knows.

[@Lazyguy22]

The version I'd heard is that hares are capable of changing sex, and I've got that from a mediaeval Islamic encylcopaedia and my Nan. Also, on the conflict between the gospels as to when the meal took place: there was a controversy in the early Church as to whether they should celebrate Easter on the day of or day before Passover, known as Quartodecimianism.

[@luxAeternam]

"For Good" at the end got me for several reasons! Thank you Red!

[@soup1357]

OHMYGOSH YOU SANG A SONG FROM WICKED!!!! I LOVE WICKED!!! Oh um... AND THIS VIDEO WAS COOL!!!

[@MortMe0430]

I know this is a year old, but damn Red, pulling out the stops on this research! I never cease to be impressed.

[@Uriel238]

**Red:** Ishtar IS NOT Easter! **Also Red:** However Aphrodite _might be_ Easter! **Also Red:** Aphrodite was once Astarte who was once Ishtar! **GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH**

[@beholdnonsense5100]

Honestly my favorite bit is the use of the song "For Good." I love that song.

[@ilitardo160]

Easter comes on April 1 because a pranked all his disciples! “Sike! I’m not dead!” *opens the tomb “it’s just a prank Bros!”

[@seekingabsolution1907]

It doesn't come on April first though, it changes dates every year. The day I was born was Easter Sunday but it won't be again until I am around 75 years old.

[@themancantfindaname7589]

0:04 april fools bros

[@gravityman5319]

For the etymology of Aphrodite, The foam part refers to a common myth of her origin. Which was that when Chronos and the other titans went to take over, they tied down Ouranous (Sky) and Proceeded to kill him by dismemberment, where they got of his genitals and tossed it into the sea. The next part varies from myth to myth but it is either his genitals mix with the sea foam and that eventually forms into Aphrodite, or His Seed is mixed with the sea foam and creates Aphrodite

[@ghostly_cicada3276]

All starts with the LAST supper, it makes sense but doesn’t at the same time

[@OTheDetective]

Shedinja 345 that's religion in a nutshell

[@travisoke4683]

I'm exhausted and this is killing me on the inside.

[@jonathandwoolley]

To quote Spider Robinson: "An ending is the beginning of something, always."

[@alanl.4252]

Thank you for finally dispelling the Ishtar myth you have no idea how many times I've heard it said! Bless your hearts Red and Blue love your channels! Oh and Happy Easter and Happy Passover!

[@shulkash8799]

Actually no, she did connect it Ishtar, using Aphrodite that we know is a goddess derived from Astarte which is derived of Ishtar. So the holiday could come from the Babylon holiday then move and adapted throughout the different cults.

[@justas423]

My country has another figure for easter - THE EASTER GRANDMA. Yeah... I think it has something to do with hags who in my countries stories mostly killed people because they interrupted them bathing at night (because all the hags and witches and other creatures gather at night which is like day for them). But besides the corpses they were really cool with all their magic and shit. But still don't fuck with hags at night

[@kathrynblakeley9823]

Metal

[@dubyadrake]

I love the Kristin Chenoweth reference! I was thinking about Ostara in American Gods during the video, so when “For Good” started playing I couldn’t help but laugh.

[@joghurtlover6243]

Fröhliche Ostern ihr kleinen Hasen

[@theforestgoat2400]

Love the inclusion of "Deliver us" from The Prince of Egypt

[@honeybrained]

2007 Me: *hmmmm chocolate* 2018 Red: it's about JESUUUSSSSS 2018 Me: sooo... It's to celebrate what now?

[@mythguard6865]

Xx_Ravenclaw_Bookworm_xX chocolate and Jesus!

[@Chaotic-Moons]

As a pagen. For the longest time me and my covent when 'Easter' is we dye eggs to show... well baby's and that stuff. As well as the hears. But this year we did a wishing well sort of thing from England. And we have wheet seeds to plant.

[@kateshungi8945]

Happy ostara

[@thegargoulquxxn]

Free- Dom no ostara ia a wiccan holiday

[@Tarantio1983]

BastardsWonderland not wiccan, heathen/asatru i.e. the modernised practice of Nordic worship

[@baileymathews1286]

and also a pagan/wiccan festival :)

[@kieranpiles6845]

Sidenote your version of 'For Good' is the nicest thing I've ever heard , so sweet , so gentle, I'm in love😍

[@ingonyama70]

BEFORE CREDITS: Well, you know, if they wanted to, modern pagans COULD correlate the Ishtar spring rebirth festival-deal to Easter. There's no proven historical connection, but modern holiday practices tend to flub the timeline on just about everything, including the celebration of major presidents and historical figures' birthdays, so there's precedence for playing around with stuff. If you WANT to use Easter to celebrate Ishtar, I don't think she'd mind, just don't try to claim it was originally a 'her' day to begin with, 'cause. You know. It ain't. (side note: I'm flashing back to that Cadbury Creme Eggs ad with the lion in the rabbit ears and it's hilarious and adorable and SUPER appropriate.) AFTER CREDITS: Wicked...my one weakness...*GROSS SOBBING* (Note: This took about 2 minutes to type but more like 30 to actually show up on the screen after it was typed. WTH KZbin?!)

[@rebeccamorningglory6011]

Yes, they could celebrate Ishtar the same day Christians Celebrate Easter, but choosing to do so based only on the names sounding similar is probably not the best idea. The main reason is that it just cannot work in any country where English is not the main spoken language. The English name for Easter is a odd ball. Every other language either uses the Greek name Paska or translates into "The Greatest Day/ Resurrection Festival." (Side note: The end credits on these videos are always the best! )

[@LincolnDWard]

My favorite Easter song is probably "Forever" by Kari Jobe. It might be a little boring in a context like this, but when there's a large group of people singing it at the top of their lungs, it's anything but.

[@someeggplant]

On Easter, I celebrate the only thing bigger than Jesus: Flex Tape! Need to rebuild your boat? Flex Tape! Need to rebuild trust with your son after years of neglect? FLEX TAPE!! Praise be unto you, Phil of the Great Swifts.

[@selenagamya1612]

NOW THAT'S A LOTTA DAMAGE

[@Deity1]

Jacob Haines Flex tape = the new duct tape

[@Howdyrobin]

FLeX taPE!!!

[@carcinogenicoak3057]

NOW THAT'S A LOT OF SIN

[@83croissant]

This one is much better researched than your Christmas one

[@queenalice7483]

How'd she know I microwave peeps and pour chocolate on them for Easter? 🐇 It's a mystery

[@9gagHasMySoul]

The engraved ostrich eggs were likely not part of a spring celebration, rather for the individuals enjoyment since the ostrich egg itself was used as a water bottle /storage after being perforated and, probably, sealed using besswax and an organic cork (we've never found the stoppers, just the egg fragments). Its a practice that persisted in southern africa, with tribes still practicing as late as the late 20th century (if not today)

[@Mister_DM]

Hi Red I don't even know if you know it but could you consider making a video on "Os Lusíadas" by Luís de Camões, it's an epic poem about the Portuguese exploration of the African coast and from a literary standpoint it's very interesting, in my opinion at least, since because it's an epic poem the Greek gods are the cause of pretty much everything but since it's portuguese, the characters pray and thank the God of Christianity though what makes it interesting it's the way it's done. Since Camões was extremely well read and the way he writes it's extremely amusing he manage to create a very good story that represents the Portuguese people very well, but in the end I am just a Portuguese kid who loves your videos and would like to at least know if you know and have read this epic poem. Keep up the great work and see you in your next video bye P.S.: Sorry for any errors in grammar as I said I'm Portuguese so my English is not that great P.P.S.: I already posted this comment in another one of your videos and I'm really stubborn so until i get a response I'll just keep posting them in your videos

[@nicks8208]

As the holder of a bachelor's in Religion I enjoyed this unabashed analysis of the trapping of Easter as I have myself wondered all these question. I am now proceeding to watch the Christmas video with great exception.

[@VJ-Vice]

I can't be the only one who thought of fire emblem when she said Ishtar.

[@sammiecaywood7830]

I just spent two hours in church kneeling and standing sporadically, it’s nice to wind down with an Overly Sarcastic Production.

[@lefterismplanas4977]

-kid “Why are we we sell rating rabbits and chicken eggs ?” -dad “who knows ? Flow fill your moth with this chocolate !”

[@elanahorowitz463]

Just wanted to point out a little something about the egg relating to Passover: It is present during the holiday as a symbol of a sacrifice, namely the “Chagiga Sacrifice”, which was brought to the Temple every year during Passover. I never learned about it having to do with rebirth, since that is not the entire crux of the holiday, but it’s an interesting idea. Either way, great video, Red! Keep up the good work ^.^

[@olotocolo]

Fun fact: In my country (Poland) we do not have characte of easter bunny. At all. We do have traditions with eggs but only blessing them and eating for breakfast at sunday. Only animal connected to easter is lamb, but that is plain ol' Jesus connection. And we live next door to Germany with their east bunny lutherian nonsense...

[@HitoriAisu]

"And it puts interestingly shaped chocolate back on the shelf after Valentine supplies runs out, so I've got no complaints." Fantastic.

[@bmaxarnold5742]

Yay Paganism!!!

[@menagerieorganization4820]

Yaaaaaaaa!!!!

[@gryphonprovenzano3156]

)0(

[@JakobTheCenturion]

I loooove how you played the song from Prince of Egypt at around the thirty-five second mark. Fucking beautifully animated film, excellent soundtrack as well.

[@Swedsman]

Just watch the South PArk episode on the subject matter, they wrap it up pretty nice and adhere to 100% historical facts. Jesus are even in it so how can it be wrong? On a more serious note, great job as always! I'd also like to add that a possible source of the eggs being center of attention arround easter time is because of their significanse to peasant life especially in northern europe. As early spring comes arround the winter food stocks where growing increasingly scarse and the ground is still too cold to harvest any new grain. In these barren months eggs where basicly the only reliable source of fat and protein unless you lived by the coast with a steady supply of fish. I know it's not really part of mythology but it's a nice detail wich could shed some light on the mystery. Also fun fact, here in sweden and probably other northern countries Easter is kinda like our halloween , with kids dressing like witches and running door to door asking for candy. This tradition goes way back as witchcraft has always been tied closely to this time of year and it's tradition to light giant bonfires at night to scare of witches. This tradition has somewh carried on in modern times with easter being the only time a year when it's legal to set of fireworks as it has replaced much of the bonfires.

[@willimations277]

When you started singing 'For Good' I almost screamed. Please stop being the best, you're making the rest of us look bad