Eggs and flowers are rather obvious symbols of female fertility ... In 1790, the local parson tried to stop the custom due to its pagan associations, but he was unsuccessful, and the custom ...

(The Green Man is not so much a pagan symbol as one of rebirth more generally ... wild landscapes and ancient heathen rites. Recent films such as “Enys Men”, “Men”, “Midsommar ...

Hares, like eggs, were ancient symbols of fertility and spring. When German immigrants brought the story of the Easter Bunny to America in the 18th century, the tradition gained widespread popularity.