I just found this interesting segment about rabbits & eggs from a link in my previous post, Easter or Ishtar?:

“The Egyptians and the Persians (Babylon) also held rabbits in high esteem because they believed that rabbits first came from the divine Phoenix birds, who once ruled the ancient skies until they were attacked by other gods in a power struggle. When they were struck down, they reincarnated into rabbits, but kept the ability to produce eggs like the ancient birds to show their origins.”

So that’s great that the Cadbury Bunny is actually an archaic throwback to ancient Egypt and Babylon, and that he’s symbolic of a phoenix. I knew there was a reason why those things are so sweet and delicious.