#easter bilby

[thylacines-toybox]

A little Easter bilby by Haigh's, found secondhand by my Australian friend. I have another Easter bilby from this chocolate company, but not one with a cute little dungaree outfit!

The platypus Yowie figure (in its capsule) was stashed in the pocket on arrival, so that just stays there now.

[stickyfrogs]

The Easter Bilby has been to visit the Stickyfrogs house this year! Everyone got a Special Easter Treatie and Voigt found a big Milk Chocolate Egg with Strawberry Frogs!

[alanaartdream]

Alongside my Bilby drawing

I have attempted to draw some ghost Pokemon

[tallowandport]

It's nowhere near Easter, but rn I'm thinking about... Him. 

[steakout-05]

apologies for being australian on main two times in a row but i find it really funny when people from other countries are first learning about the creatures we have over here and are just. so confused and bewildered. i remember that post of someone talking about how instead of the Easter Bunny, we have a mascot called the Easter Bilby and someone reblogged it going "what the fuck", and i'm just sitting there like "..... yeah? i thought everyone knew this" and it's very entertaining. seeing people be genuinely bewildered, confused and afraid that this silly lil guy exists,

is some of the most entertaining shit ever and it'll never get old

this is the Greater Bilby, by the way, and it is currently a vulnerable species in Australia, with many efforts being made to save it from endangerment and extinction. there used to be a lot more of them, but because of threats to habitat and competition with other animals (like red foxes, feral cats and dingoes), they became an endangered species, though they fortunately now no longer hold that status. the Lesser Bilby is much less lucky though, as they were unfortunately deemed extinct in the 1950s. i love these lil guys so much and i want to hold one in my hands and give it a nice soft blanket in it's little burrow to curl up and fall asleep on :)

[fernsandtales]

🍂 Easter Bilby Badges [fern tales]

Lots of things are different if you’re in Australia. Easter is in autumn, and bilbies are local bunnies, only heaps better.

𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦, 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘭𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭.

[thatswhywelovegermany]

The Easter Bunny / Easter Hare

In German Easter tradition, the Easter Bunny is an imaginary rabbit or hare who paints eggs at Easter and hides them in the garden. Children search for Easter eggs on the morning of Easter Sunday. The motif of the Easter Bunny has recently spread in the popular culture of Easter, also through its commercial use, and has largely replaced earlier bringers of the Easter egg.

As far as is known, the Easter Bunny was first mentioned in the dissertation of the Frankfurt doctor Johannes Richier, who received his doctorate in 1682 under the respected Heidelberg professor of medicine Georg Franck von Franckenau with his treatise "De ovis paschalibus - von Oster-Eyern". The son of the pastor Jean Richier, who had fled France for religious reasons, describes a custom in Upper Germany, the Palatinate, Alsace and neighbouring regions, as well as Westphalia, according to which an Easter Bunny lays the eggs (ova excludere) and hides them in gardens in the grass, bushes, etc., where they are eagerly searched for by children amid laughter and to the amusement of the adults (cum risu et iucunditate seniorum). He calls the Easter Bunny hiding the eggs “a fable that is told to simpletons and children” (fabula, que simplicioribus et infantibus imponunt).

According to cultural studies, the reason for the strong upswing that belief in the Easter Bunny experienced in the 19th century can be found in the industrial production of cheap beet sugar, which made the production of affordable chocolate bunnies and eggs possible in the first place.

The connection between the Christian Easter festival and the egg as a symbol has been known in various European countries since the Middle Ages at the latest, and may even date back to earlier. There is also an older interpretation of the rabbit as a symbol of resurrection since Ambrose. The diverse Christian symbolism of the rabbit found expression in many works of art in the Middle Ages, see Rabbit in art. The connection between the rabbit and the Easter egg tradition is still unclear, however, even if the fertility of rabbits in itself has a close connection to spring. The following hypotheses are often put forward:

Some early painted Easter eggs show the three-hare image, a depiction of three hares with only three ears in total, but each hare having two ears due to the "double use" of ears; this is a well-known symbol for the Holy Trinity. It is possible that this depiction may have given rise to the idea of ​​the hare as an egg supplier.

In one passage in the Bible, Psalm 104:18, older translations speak of "hares". The reason for this was the Latin translation of Proverbs 30:26, in which Jerome translated the Hebrew "schafan" (rock hyrax) as "lepusculus" (hare). Since late antiquity, this passage has been interpreted as a symbol for the weak human (hare) who seeks refuge in the rock (Christ). This interpretation established the symbolism of the hare in Christian iconography.

It is widely considered harmless to tell young children that the Easter Bunny brings eggs and sweets for Easter. Psychologists believe that this illusion stimulates the imagination and supports cognitive development. However, children's critical questions and doubts should be supported so that their belief in the Bunny eventually disappears by itself, also through interaction with other children.

The Easter Bunny was spread outside of Europe by German-speaking emigrants. It has gained a certain popularity in the USA in particular. In English, the term "Easter Bunny" predominates over the literal translation "Easter Hare", so the figure is often understood to be a rabbit.

In Australia, the "Easter Bilby" has been placed alongside the "Easter Bunny" since the 1970s. The aim is to draw attention to the endangered species of the greater burrowing bandicoot ("Bilby"), not least due to the spread of European rabbits, and to raise money for a conservation fund by selling chocolate bilbies.

[notnights]

While looking for stuff to post while my hand's out of commission, I found some saved canvases.

Its very rare I save full canvases because I usually save each piece I want to share on it's own anyways, the rest gets deleted. I don't how these ones survived. (mostly tadc ones, I try to keep my original stuff on separate canvases and do save those ones, though its very rare I'll share thoseones--funny how that works.)

I do a lot of "note taking" which is me jotting down a sketch of something and quick words to remind myself to do a full piece of it later.

Example, the "bibi ears" jax with caine next to him going "aussie bilby easter ok?" was the note I took to remind myself to draw this, which gives a time frame for when that canvas was drawn I think. You can also see a note I did of Ragamuffin and Ragatha with just their heads, and then the follow up "full drawing" of them in the next canvas, the Princess Loo sketch in that same canvas was my first ever drawing Ii did of her as a warmup for the then following pieces of her in Ragatha in the next canvas. (a few extra warm up sketches of her in there also)

Some of them are just jotting down concepts, like the Gangle throwing up frayed ribbon, haven't found a reason to use that joke yet, but maybe some day.

[polyquestria]

Here in Australia, alongside the Easter Bunny and the Easter Chick, we have the Easter Bilby. It's a fun little twist on the classics, while raising awareness for an endangered species. So here's our favourite little half Australian girl (and her REAL parents) here to wish us a happy bunny bilby day!

[rockbottomwithashovel]

I know I said it with Christmas, but guess what?

Easter calories

Don't Count

Enjoy your easter bunny, bilby, egg, or just choccy in general now!!

[thylacines-toybox]

I didn't get a chance to take Easter bilby Julius out for pics today, but here's some from when I first adopted him in 2021!

[soup-mother]

since rabbits are like a plagues of egypt level environmental disaster in Australia, We have the Easter bilby as a native animal alternative to the easter bunny. i think we can go beyond that and have an Australian animal mascot for every Christian holiday.

the Circumcision of Jesus numbat

[alanaartdream]

Happy Easter 🐣 from

Australia 🇦🇺 may you find lots of Easter 🐣 chocolates and Easter pikmin in your pikmin bloom game this coming April as well 🐣

[stickyfrogs]

The Easter Bilby has been to visit and left us a very cool chocolate frog egg!

Jens was in charge of opening it because he is the best at Sharing!

[sboochi]

I know the night at the museum au was just self-indulgent HOWEVER! if it’s cool I have some ideas cause I’m very. ill <3

—for Toothless, I saw you suggest him possibly being a dinosaur, and I immediately thought of Daspletosaurus! Name translates to ‘frightful lizard’ (offspring of lightning and death, anyone) and some have been found in Canada, which, fun fact, when Vikings came to North America, they first landed on Canada and called it Vinland (‘wineland’) bc they could make a lot of wine there

—I was thinking about what specific Something Jack could be in the exhibit, and I saw you mention he was in roughly the 1700s exhibit, right? To me he looks best like he’d be in one of those “what life looked like for an average civilian in the colonial era” type of wax figures, especially with his staff looking like it’d fit with shepherds. I imagine his personality makes him extra unpopular in his section considering this means he may also be quite close to the Revolutionary War area. He ruins their nightly battles im SURE of it

—Bear w me here: the Guardians but their sections are from their myths place of origin, or someplace near it. North is based in Turkey or Russia, Tooth in the Norse area (eyo possibly near Hiccup), Sandy in Germany (or Scandinavia? Unclear), and Bunny in Australia. That’s not actually where the Easter bunny originated, however it IS the home of the Easter bilby, and I can’t deny the guy his accent

TLDR I am very sick legitimately and also for the NATM movies and history, that is all

YOOO these are all great ideas anon!!!

*puts hand on forehead and closes eyes* Oh, if only someone wrote this *peeks with one eye open*

(The dinosaur anon is talking about, according to Wikipedia!)

[fernsandtales]

Easter/ Spring goodies up for grabs

🐰Soft bunny [etsy]

🍂 Bilby badge [etsy]

🍫🥚Felt watering can for chocolate eggs/ easter treats [etsy]