The strongest association with good luck and prosperity though, came by the rabbit’s fertility (remember when we talked about How On Earth Did We Come To Associate Bunnies With Easter?). In addition, because people are born with their eyes closed while rabbits are born with their eyes wide open, the Celts believed that the animal was carrying wisdom into the world. Because of this “secret communication”, they believed that the rabbits were given information that humans weren’t allowed to have. THE UNDERWORLDīecause the animal was spending so much time underground, Celts believed it was in secret communication with the underworld. And the reason why they got to this conclusion is quite creepy actually.
Well, even though we don’t know the exact origins, it was the Celts prior to 600 BC, who first associated rabbits with good luck (actually it was the hare, but a lot of Europeans confused hare with rabbit).
