Since ancient times, man has considered the egg as a symbol of the fundamental principle, the beginning of beginnings, the origin of being. This is confirmed by the winged Roman saying - “Ab ovo” (“from the egg”), i.e. from the very beginning.
In the mythology of many ancient peoples, from Egypt to Oceania, the egg symbolizes the mystery of the creation of the world from primordial chaos and the perfect microcosm. It is the egg, which either arose on its own or was laid into the ocean by a huge fantastic bird or snake, and when divided, becomes the source of life on Earth.
In Indian mythology, Brahmanda, the Golden Egg of Brahma, arises from primeval waters warmed by the warmth of fire. For a whole year it swam on the waves of the primordial ocean, until the Progenitor Brahma emerged from this Golden Embryo, breaking the egg from the inside. When the egg split in two, its upper half became the sky and the lower half became the earth. To separate heaven from earth, Brahma created an air space between them. This is how the ancient Indians imagined the creation of the Universe.
A more complex version of the origin of all things is presented in Tibetan mythology. Initially, five eggs appeared from dampness and wind: red from copper, dark red from sardonyx, blue from turquoise, white from silver and yellow from gold. They gave birth to the five elements: earth, water, wind, air and fire. And only after this, from the essence of the five elements, Dungi Gongma was formed - the original cosmic egg. White rocks were formed from its outer shell, and from its internal waters a white primordial lake washed the yolk. The yolk gave birth to the first man.
In ancient mythology, the cosmos is shaped like an egg. For example, the Homeric cosmos is represented as an egg flattened at the poles, divided by the plane of the earth into two hemispheres. The upper hemisphere is identified with the sky, which meets the snow-capped Olympus, where the Greek gods live, led by Zeus the Thunderer; the lower hemisphere forms tartarus - the underworld where the titans overthrown by Zeus, led by Kronos, are found.
To the Slavs, the world also seemed like a giant egg. At the center of the Slavic universe, like an egg yolk, was the Earth. On the upper side of the yolk was the inhabited Upper World of people, on its inner side was the Lower World, i.e. Kingdom of the Dead. These two worlds were separated by the Ocean - the sea that washed the Earth. Nine different heavens hung over the Earth, like eggshells and shells. Each of the nine heavens had its own function: the sun moved in one, the month in another, the stars in the third, clouds in the fourth, the winds in the fifth, etc. All parts of the Slavic universe - the Lower World, the Upper World and the nine heavens were connected together by the central pillar of the universe - the World Tree.
In mythology, the egg is sometimes a symbol of the virgin, immaculate conception. In this regard, we can mention the Greek myth about the love of Zeus for Leda, the daughter of King Thestius of Aetolia. Zeus flew to Leda in the form of a beautiful swan. The fruit of their love was two eggs born by Leda. From the first egg Helena emerged, from the second - the Dioscuri twins, Castor and Polydeuces.
The same principle of the virgin birth is reflected in the bestiaries, according to which ostrich eggs are born on their own.
In myths and legends, magical golden and silver eggs are endowed with the symbolic meaning of the most reliable amulet that can protect a person from the rage of a dragon.
As a symbol of rebirth, the egg is an attribute of the gods of the spring rebirth of nature (Osiris, Dionysus, etc.), as well as a sign of the immortality of the wonderful Phoenix bird, which dies in fire and is reborn from its own egg.
In the Christian religion, the same symbolism of rebirth and immortality accompanies the Easter egg. The religious tradition of painting eggs for Easter has many different interpretations based on ancient Christian legends. One of them made the main character Mary Magdalene, who appeared to the Roman Emperor Tiberius shortly after the resurrection of Christ. Mary offered the emperor her modest gift - a chicken egg, and then told him about the miracle of the resurrection. Tiberius only laughed at the naive story of the simple-minded girl and jokingly declared that he would have believed in the divinity and resurrection of Christ if the white egg brought by Mary had suddenly turned red. At that same moment, a miracle happened - the egg turned red.
Important symbolic meaning was attached to the egg not only in Christianity. In Judaism, the egg meal served during the religious holiday of Sedder represents hope, and in Nepal, the domes of Buddhist temples follow the shape of a cosmic egg.
In alchemy, a “philosophical egg” was a small spherical flask with a long neck, used in the process of the Great Work. This philosopher's egg was a symbol of transformation for the alchemists, since with the help of the mystical philosopher's stone, obtained as a result of a long chemical process, they hoped to transform base metals into the alchemical yolk and white, i.e. in gold and silver.
In conclusion, it must be added that in the folklore of peoples all over the world, the egg is perceived exclusively as a good sign and a symbol of health, wealth and good luck.
Every nation has its own religious holidays, but among them there is a holiday of holidays, the most important. Such an event in Rus' for many centuries was Holy Easter.
And in the world this holiday has always been celebrated with special enthusiasm. Easter traditions were not forgotten even during the years of Soviet denial of religion.
Well, the main attribute of the bright holiday was and remains Easter colored eggs. The most interesting thing is that the egg became one of the most important cult symbols long before the emergence of Christianity.
The egg is practically the first religious symbol, because in its embryo, as was believed in ancient times, lies everything that will ever be created. The egg was used as an ideogram for the embryo; the Egyptians and Celts considered it the essence of all living things (the Druids even wore a symbolic crystal egg around their necks).
The World Egg was represented as a sphere surrounding the Earth, where universal life originated; its symbol is a round arena in ancient temples.
A symbol of the original creation, fertility and eternity, the egg was an indispensable attribute of the festivities in honor of the spring and autumn equinoxes. The passage of the sun through this phase of its cycle was considered the root cause and beginning of the birth of all things: in Libya, Scotland, France, on this day eggs painted red (the color of life) were thrown from the top of a hill. This custom, in turn, originated from the ritual sacrifice on March 25, on the day of the spring equinox, during which the priests of the cult of Mithra sprinkled the blood of a sacrificial buffalo or bull - later, after the advent of Christianity, it was replaced by the blood of a lamb.
This is where the modern Easter egg originates, reminiscent of the rebirth of the celestial bull, that is, the Spring Sun, itself. And the egg, painted in the color accepted in occult teachings, symbolizes the spring of Life.
In many cosmogonic teachings, the Cosmic Egg plays an important role. The embryo of all phenomena, the Universe, is enclosed in a cave; the shell of the egg is the spatial boundaries of the world, and the embryo located inside (the Golden Embryo in the Indian Vedas) is a symbol of inexhaustible dynamism in nature.
In the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead we meet a Shining Egg, laid by a heavenly goose and hatched by it in the East, symbolizing the equal unity of the microcosm with the macrocosm in continuously changing forms. This idea is similar to the Chinese ideas about Yin and Yang, whose constant movement gives rise to Tao - in Hinduism - Samsara...
Sometimes the Cosmic Egg splits, and then a certain divine being is born, personifying an anthropomorphic, human-like, life-creating force, a demiurge, the Almighty Living, as Kabbalah calls him (among the Hindus, for example, Brahma emerges from the Golden Egg).
In terms of its symbolic content, the egg is marked by many properties. It is most often white, fragile, and new life emerges from it. The origin of the world from the Proto-Egg is known from the myths of the Polynesians, Japanese, Incas, Indians, Chinese, Phoenicians, Finns and Slavs. Many epic heroes had to not just be born, but come out of an egg, like the forefather from South Korea or the sons of Zeus - Castor and Polydeuces. The embryo resting in the egg was associated with life force, since it played a certain role in the mystical cults of fertility and healing, and also found use in the form of strengthening food during burial for travel to the other world. The Sun and Moon have also been repeatedly associated with golden and, respectively, silver eggs. In general, the egg was presented as a symbol of the original embryo of life, from which the world subsequently emerged. As one of the links in an endless chain of births and deaths: from a “non-living” egg a living creature is born, which lays a non-living egg, from which, in turn... In other words, the egg is a symbol of not only birth, but also rebirth.
In Christianity, Christ rising from the tomb is compared to a chicken that hatched from an egg. White color symbolizes purity and perfection. In the worldview of alchemists, the concept of a “philosophical egg” was later transformed into a stone of wisdom and was considered the original matter, constantly bearing within itself a readiness for development, with the yolk indicating the expected appearance of gold. Many customs that have a symbolic meaning use the meaning of the egg, for example the spring symbol of Easter as a sign of the awakening of nature and the fertility of the earth, and in connection with the aforementioned resurrection of Christ. In folk magic, during certain rituals, eggs are buried, and their fragility plays a certain role (protects them from hostile forces, acts on them in a destructive way, teaches restraint). In Austrian folk customs, eggs laid on Green Thursday and then blessed and buried prevent misfortune. They can also be thrown over the roof of a house, and then buried in the place where they fell to protect the house from a lightning strike.
It is believed that the first Easter egg was presented Mary Magdalene Roman Emperor Tiberius. Soon after the ascension of Christ the Savior into heaven, Mary Magdalene appeared for the Gospel sermon in Rome. In those days, it was customary to bring gifts to the emperor when visiting the emperor. The wealthy brought jewelry, and the poor brought what they could. Therefore, Mary Magdalene, who had nothing but faith in Jesus, handed Emperor Tiberius a chicken egg with the exclamation: “Christ is Risen!” The emperor, doubting what was said, noted that no one can rise from the dead and this is as difficult to believe as the fact that a white egg can turn red. Tiberius did not have time to finish these words when the egg began to turn from white to bright red, confirming her good news.
We find the first written evidence of colored eggs in a manuscript written on parchment and dating back to the 10th century, from the library of the monastery of St. Anastasia, near Thessaloniki in Greece. According to the manuscript “Nomocanon Photius”, XIII century, the abbot can punish the monk who does not eat a red egg on Easter Day, because he is opposed to the apostolic traditions.
In the Middle Ages, it was customary to give Easter eggs to households and servants. Thus, King Edward I Plantagenet of England (1239-1307) ordered about 450 eggs to be boiled and painted with gold (or wrapped in thin gold sheets) before Easter, which were then presented to members of the royal court.
Easter eggs were a mandatory gift for children (in some countries they were given by godparents). In the folk poetry of Germany, Austria, France and Great Britain there are many poems and songs in which children demand to give a gift (this tradition still exists today). Such songs begin with wishes for health, prosperity, etc., and end with a demand to give an egg, because if a person does not agree, some troubles will befall him (for example, chickens will die).
In general, the European tradition knows many children's Easter games in which eggs (painted or plain) appear.
One of the most famous, perhaps, is egg rolling (in the UK egg-pacing) testing the strength of their shells. The winner is the one whose egg remains intact at the end of the game.
In Germany, there is a tradition of looking for eggs hidden by the Easter Bunny to see who can find the most. And in some areas of Ireland, two weeks before Easter, on Palm Sunday, children make small nests out of pebbles, where they then hide collected goose and duck eggs throughout Holy Week. On Easter Sunday, the eggs are eaten together.
Adults also exchange eggs on Easter, and the traditions accompanying the gift differ from country to country. So, in Ireland their number was “regulated” by an old saying: “One egg for the true gentleman, two eggs for the landowner, three eggs for the poor, four eggs for the tramp” (“One egg for the true gentleman; two eggs for the gentleman; three eggs for the churl; four eggs for the lowest churl").
In Europe, a rabbit (or hare) is as integral an attribute of the Easter holidays as a painted egg. Like the egg, this animal symbolized fertility in many ancient cultures. It is not entirely clear why the rabbit became associated with Easter. One version says that it meant the prosperity that awaits the followers of the teachings of Christ.
The children believed that if they behaved well, on the eve of the holiday the Easter Bunny would come and place colored eggs in a basket prepared in advance in a secluded place. The “basket” was usually children's hats. The Easter messenger was awaited with almost the same impatience as Santa Claus.
Now, on the eve of Easter, this animal can be found everywhere and in all varieties. Rabbits are made from chocolate and other edible materials, they are sewn from fur and plush, and sculpted from clay. Images of rabbits decorate many Easter items: holiday tablecloths, napkins, dishes, cards.
In Rus', the celebration of Easter was introduced at the end of the 10th century. It was accompanied by rituals that came from pagan times, but now sanctified by the Light of Christ. This is the blessing of Easter cakes, the making of cheese mass, the dyeing of eggs.
At the royal court, starting with Alexei Mikhailovich, the custom of presenting Easter eggs turned into a strictly regulated ritual: “... Boyars, okolnichniki, Duma nobles and clerks, courtiers, close and orderly people, stewards, attorneys, Moscow nobles. The king gave them goose, chicken and carved wooden eggs, three to each, one at a time, depending on the nobility of the one being complained about. The eggs were painted with gold and bright colors in a pattern or with colored herbs, and in the grasses there were birds and animals and people,” wrote N. Kostomarov.
Easter games
“Velichko’s holiday with a red egg,” that’s what people said. To celebrate Easter, all relatives gathered together and brought colored eggs with them.
Chickens that laid eggs with strong shells were observed in advance, and their eggs were collected especially for Easter for playing. One of our favorite Easter games is egg fights. Moreover, even the conversation before the start of the game had some form of play:
“Well, shall we fight?
- We will, but let us try first.
- Oh, yours is very strong, I’ll go further.
- So maybe we can switch?
- No, then let’s do it with our own.
- Don’t you have a smolyanka (filled with resin)?
- Isn’t your egg from a guinea fowl (a breed of small chickens)?
- No, just keep it that way, I’ll beat you.
- No, you hold it first, and then I...”
First there is a kind of bargaining, which can be quite long. And here is the denouement - one strikes first. And the one whose egg is cracked gives the cue ball to the winner. Of course, there were also fakes made of wax and tin, but when this was revealed, a very severe punishment awaited the deceiver.
Another traditional Easter game was egg rolling. For this purpose, a cardboard or wooden “skating rink” was specially made - a slide with sides or a chute, along which the eggs were rolled one by one. There were two versions of the game. In the first, the winner was the one whose egg rolled the furthest. And for the second, various toys, sweets, gingerbreads, and nuts were specially laid out in front of the “skating rink”; the egg, having rolled down, touched these gifts, and they were considered won by the one who “launched” the egg.
Egg rolling was also known on other spring and summer days. In the villages of the Upper and Middle Volga region, during the holiday in honor of the pagan god Yarila, which fell on Peter's ritual, boys and girls, sitting in pairs, pushed eggs on the ground to each other. Rolling eggs into the Petrovsky ritual in various versions was known both in the northeast of Russia and in Siberia.
As in Europe, in Russia there was an “egg hunt” for children. Adults hid colored eggs in the garden, and children looked for them and collected them in baskets.
The production of decorative eggs was carried out by bakers, icon painters, herbalists (artists of plant ornaments) of the Armory and monks of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. Over time, people began to celebrate Christ with handmade eggs more and more often, and gradually Easter eggs turned into a kind of memorable gift, often very expensive and exquisite.
Village craftsmen prepared wooden Easter eggs for Easter. Confectionery shops sold chocolate and sugar eggs. And well-known jewelry companies created works of art from porcelain and crystal, gold and silver, from colored and transparent glass, from bone and stone... These miniature jewelry were given to girls for several years in a row: next Easter a new one was added to the old gift, and so gradually a whole was created necklace of multi-colored holiday eggs suspended on a chain. A wide variety of household items were shaped like eggs - toiletries, watches, vases, gift cups and more.
In the 18th-19th centuries, the production of Easter eggs became an independent art form, and then a branch of the art industry. They were made in glass and porcelain factories, factories, and grinding workshops.
Since ancient times, the egg has been given a special magical meaning. All the mythologies of the world keep ancient legends associated with the egg as a symbol of life, renewal and the beginning of a new day or year, the source of everything that exists in this world.
In ancient tombs, graves, ancient mounds, burials of the pre-Christian era, archaeologists find natural eggs, painted , or eggs made of marble, clay, metal, stone.
Every spring, when the Nile flooded, the ancient Egyptians exchanged painted eggs. and decorated their temples and sanctuaries with them. In Egyptian mythology, the egg represents the potential for awakening life and is symbol of immortality . The egg contains the great secret of the creation of the world and the preservation of eternal life.
The Indian Vedas tell of a golden egg from which Brahma hatched. In India all birds that lay eggs are called "twice-born" since the fetus born in the egg is formed and hatches, being born a second time.
The legends and myths of many countries of the ancient East tell that there was a time when chaos reigned everywhere in the Universe, and this chaos was located in a huge egg in which all forms of life were hidden. The shell of the egg was warmed by divine fire, and from the egg a mythical creator Panu. The Creator connected the weightless Sky with the solid Earth, created space, wind, the Sun, the Moon, clouds, thunder, lightning. Thanks to Pan, the Sun warmed the earth during the day, the Moon shone at night, and all the planets and stars were born.
Etruscan egg from Vulci - 7th century BC.
Among the ancient Romans It was a custom to eat a baked or boiled egg at the beginning of a festive meal. This custom was symbolically associated by the Romans with the successful start of a new day and foreshadowed success in new endeavors.
It is known that not only the entire pantheon of Etruscan gods, but also many customs, traditions, beliefs and superstitions.
In the Etruscan burial mounds in Tarquinia, Corneto, Chiusi, Cervetri, Vulci and Orvieto, a large number of frescoes were found with scenes of Etruscan everyday life, hunting, feasts, funeral rites, and sports competitions.
The egg in the Etruscan funeral rite symbolized the death and resurrection of the deceased from the afterlife. During archaeological excavations of Etruscan mound tombs, archaeologists often found natural chicken eggs, painted with ocher - red paint, or ostrich eggs, decorated with magical ritual drawings and signs.
The walls of many Etruscan tombs depict scenes of a funeral or memorial feast dedicated to the deceased. In many scenes of the feast, you can see how one of the feasters gives another an egg - a symbol of eternal life, and eternal hope for resurrection from the dead.
On a fragment of a wall painting from the “Tomb of the Lionesses”, we see a scene of the last feast and an Etruscan holding in his outstretched hand The egg is a symbol of eternity, death and rebirth from the dead. On the left of the fresco of the last feast there is another symbol of life and death - this is a belt hanging on hooks, neatly tied with a simple knot.
Another fresco from an Etruscan tomb depicts a couple of young people engaged in conversation and food; the face of a smiling woman shows how much she enjoys communication and love play. The young Etruscan raised his right hand high with the egg, announcing the primacy of death at his last feast.
On the central wall "Tombs of the Augurs" at Tarquinia, dating back to 530 BC, on both sides of the locked door, two augurs are depicted - ritual mourners, in a pose of grief, with a hand raised above their head. Above the head of one of the augurs is barely visible inscription « APA-STANA-SAR" - "God the Father-become (my) king."
The custom of painting eggs is very ancient. It is known that in Etruscan burial mounds archaeologists have found ritually painted eggs are symbols of resurrection from the dead.
Etruscan egg from Vulci - 7th century BC.
Etruscan culture researcher Lisa Parab wrote a separate paper on the use of ostrich eggs in the Etruscan funeral ritual.
Several different methods of dyeing eggs have been discovered in Etruria, dating back to 7th century BC
Charcoal fried eggs , may have been used for fortune telling, looking at the resulting spots and figures, the haruspices (priests) interpreted and predicted. Hand-painted eggs were placed in the hearse next to the deceased.
On some eggs found in Etruscan mounds, a simple painting design is still clearly visible.
Consider what was found in the Vulchi mound. Egg scheduled above with birds heavenly, hovering above the earthly grasses, then comes row of diamonds , characters already cultivated, but still field not sown with grain - these fields are waiting for their Sower, giver of life, Heavenly Father, Savior. Below we see images of dancers holding hands, performing ritual Etruscan dance -round dance
We see a similar ritual round dance on the seal from, depicting the moment of the birth of God. This dance was called - “kuravai”, a symbol of the Hindu understanding of time as a cycle time, from birth, life, and death. "Kuravai" performed 7 dancers, rotating in a circle symbolizing the circle of time, from birth to death and rebirth again. Remember the children's song “Cow, cow, choose whoever you want...”
At the bottom of an Etruscan egg 7th century BC symbols are drawn Great Mother Goddess - bird and fish .
Same characters birds and fish are depicted
on print from 
above the head of the sacred goat-nurse - an anthropomorphic embodiment Great Mother Goddess.
The image of a fish in Mahenjo-Daro and in Harappa (North India) was considered a symbol Swastika symbols came to the island of Crete during the Minoan civilization together with the Indo-European people, who preserved the religious traditions and customs of antiquity.
In the ancient mythology of many peoples the egg served as a symbol of rebirth, the appearance of the spring sun, bringing with it life, joy, warmth, light, the revival of nature, deliverance from the shackles of frost and snow, that is, it served as a symbol of the mysterious transition from non-existence to existence.
In Great Rus' the name and cult Yarila - representative of the spring sun, They also organized a common folk festival called "on Yarilova" with round dances happened not at the beginning, but at the end of spring, at the farewell to the outgoing, dying spring . Self In the old days, Yarilin’s game everywhere ended with the burial ceremony of the god Yarila, who was dying out along with spring. and the offering of an egg to a pagan idol as a symbol of resurrection. Yarilin’s games contain the idea of the death of a representative of spring fertility, who awakened all nature to new life after winter sleep, and then, with the onset of the highest solstice, moving away and dying.
In the ancients Russian fairy tales about Koshchei the Immortal egg is a secret repository of life and death and is kept under seven locks and seals. Perhaps the idea of the Russian nesting doll, which contains the great secret of procreation and the emergence of new life, was born from a round chicken egg - a symbol of new life.
For our ancestors, the egg served as a symbol of life, a symbol of the awakening of life, the beginning of a new day, the arrival of which is heralded The rooster is a symbol of the awakening sun. A rooster often decorated the roof of a wooden house, along with a horse, also a solar sign; on a horse, the sun floats into the sky, the ancient Slavs believed.
Greek coin of Seleucus III, with Apollo seated on the sacred stone "omphalos" at Delphi.
Today in Delphi the ruins of the last of the temples of Apollo, built in 366 - 339, have been preserved. BC.
The first priest in the temple of Apollo in Delphi was a Hyperborean with the Slavic Russian name Olen[y]. In Vedic Sanskrit - deer. The name is also known in Slavic mythology - Lel.
Deer] became the ancestor of all the ancient Greek tribes of Hellas. From Slavic-Russian name Olen[ь] the name of the people comes from - Hellenes (deer or fallow deer) and the name of the country is Hellas.
Hyperborean, descendant of the Titans, Apollo moved the sacred center of the inhabited world to Delphi, symbolized it marble boulder in the shape of an egg — Omphalos, symbolically representing the center of the World - the sacred Mount Meru .
According to ancient legend, Mount Meru was the axis of the world the center of the entire Cosmos, the constellation Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, the Sun, Moon, planets and stars revolved around it.
The name of the stone Omphalus translated from ancient Greek means "The center of the world".
At the archaeological museum in Delphi This marble boulder of Omphalus is kept. The entire boulder is covered with a convex ancient ornament, reminiscent of the image of the double Vajra of the Vedic god Indra.
P According to legend, the sacred mountain Meru was the abode of all the Vedic gods of the Rig Veda. Driving his chariot flying across the sky, he fought with Vajras - divine weapons, enemies of the Aryans, with evil demons
Eggs are the golden product of all times. It is in this small lump that many substances necessary for the human body are contained. Eggs were consumed raw by primitive people, and in the Middle Ages they were given as gifts to the gods. Since ancient times, the egg has been a symbol of the sun, the birth of new life. And not by chance.
Eggs contain a unique set of components necessary for the development of the body and its full functioning. One chicken egg contains 12.7 g of proteins, 0.7 g of carbohydrates, 11.5 g of fat. At the same time, heat-treated egg white is absorbed by the human body by 98%. Egg white also contains cholesterol, but the substance lithin simultaneously prevents its absorption. The yolk in an egg contains important vitamins and minerals, namely: zinc, iron, lutein, vitamins A, D, E, PP and group B, carotenoids, amino acids, enzymes and unsaturated fatty acids. Folic acid in eggs is very necessary for the developing body of a child, including pregnant women. The energy value of a chicken egg is 157 kcal.
Quail eggs are very useful for small children. As a rule, children love them even more than chicken ones. They contain more nutrients. Their energy value is 167 kcal. Quail eggs are especially prized by the Japanese. They believe that this product improves memory, vision, removes radionuclides, strengthens the nervous system and promotes better development and strengthening of human immunity.
How to eat eggs correctly? By boiling and frying chicken eggs, everything useful in them is preserved and even promotes better absorption. Soft-boiled eggs are best digested. From a medical point of view, it is advisable to heat eggs, as they may be contaminated with salmonella. It is advisable to give eggs for breakfast. Before introducing eggs into children's diets, listen to the recommendations of your doctor.
Eggs are very beneficial for a growing body and it is recommended by doctors to introduce them into the diet of children from 6-7 months. You should give a tiny portion of a hard-boiled egg - starting with 1/5 of the yolk and gradually working up to half the yolk, rubbing it in a spoon with milk or water. Observe your baby's reaction; if you notice any allergies, consult a doctor immediately. Protein should not be given at this age.
A one-year-old child can be fed with half a whole egg, that is, introducing protein. But at the same time limit the frequency of administration to 2 times a week. From the age of 3 you can give your child a whole egg.
If your child has diathesis or refuses chicken eggs, try quail eggs. As a rule, they attract children more and, most importantly, practically do not cause an allergic reaction. It is believed that it is more beneficial to eat quail eggs raw on an empty stomach before meals, since their beneficial properties are lost during heat treatment. There is also an opinion that quail eggs are resistant to infectious diseases, but this is a rather controversial issue. Consult your doctor about how to consume quail eggs.
If your child doesn’t want to eat an egg, don’t force it. You can cheat and add them to milk, potatoes, etc. It’s best to try decorating them, maybe the child will like them better this way