India, April 20 -- On Easter Sunday and the days leading up to it, people may wonder about the origins of the Easter Bunny. Many want to know how the cute egg-delivering rabbit became a part of the Easter tradition.

The Easter Bunny, originally referred to as Oschter Haws or Easter Hare, hails from Germany, according to Country Living. The Bunny lays a nest of colorful eggs for well-behaved children. The earliest known mention can be traced back to a German text from 1572, according to A Dictionary of English Folklore. The translated text reads, "Do not worry if the Easter Bunny escapes you; should we miss his eggs, we will cook the nest."

Later, in 1682, the German physician and botanist Georg Franck von Franckenau recounted the childr...