The Easter Bunny is considered to be between 400 and 500 years old, with its origin stories dating back to sometime between 1515 and 1615. The earliest known mentions of the Easter Bunny tradition began forming in the late 1600s, particularly in German folklore
. The figure of the Easter Bunny originated among German Lutherans and was first mentioned in writing in 1682. It was originally depicted as an egg- laying hare called "Osterhase" or "Oschter Haws," who would bring colored eggs to children as gifts
. This tradition was brought to America in the 1700s by German immigrants. Thus, while the Easter Bunny is a folkloric and symbolic figure rather than a literal being, its cultural "age" is roughly 400 to 500 years old, rooted in early modern European traditions
