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| | Eostremonath (61 Virginis II) |
 | | Eostre herself was born on Earth, and was a First Toposophic level intelligence by the time that she had garnered a following of neo-pagans, a group called the Children of Dawn. | | | Recognized as a caretaker god, she was granted the support of other such AI's, and suddenly found herself with the power to maintain her people's isolationism. | | | While rarely showing any overt signs of her presence, aside from her golden sphere (since named the Hall of Eostre, or Eostreseld in the native language), she has been known to manifest in a number of avatars, or through direct manipulation of environmental aspects. |
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http://www.orionsarm.com/worlds/Eostremonath.html
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| | Eostre is also worshipped by some neopagans, who associate her with various aspects related to the renewal of life: spring, fertility and the hare (allegedly for its rapid and prolific reproduction). | | | Many linguists agree that Eostre and Ostara are derived from the Old Teutonic root 'aew-s', 'illuminate, especially of daybreak' and closely related to (a)wes-ter- 'dawn servant', the morning star Venus and *austrôn-, meaning "dawn". | | | Modern worshippers and writers describe Eostre as a "goddess of Dawn" based on the etymological relationship between her name and the Anglo-Saxon word for 'dawn'. |
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http://psychcentral.com/psypsych/Eostre
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| | Eostre Ostara |
| | Based on this Eostre would appear to be a Goddess of purity (the holy water), youth and beauty (the young maidens), as well as one of new life beginnings. | | | Eostre has shining maidens at dawn associated with her, whilst the Goddess of Walpurgis has witches in the middle of the night. | | | In order to understand anything about the Goddess Eostre (or the Goddess or Goddesses worshiped at that time) we must draw on the traditions associated with the holy tide. |
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| | fUSION Anomaly. Eostre |
| | Isis, the original feast of Eostre was celebrated in the Pagan calendar at the Vernal Equinox. | | | The Feast of Eostre, or Ostara is the Anglo-Saxon Goddess of Spring who has given her name to the Spring festival, Easter. | | | The witches call the feast Eostre, after the Teutonic goddess of spring, and mark it with rituals of renewal and rebirth. |
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http://fusionanomaly.net/eostre.html
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| | CalendarHome.com - Easter - Calendar Encyclopedia |
| | Jakob Grimm took up the question of Eostre in his Deutsche Mythologie of 1835, noting that Ostaramanoth was etymologically related to Eostremonat and writing of various landmarks and customs related to the goddess Ostara in Germany. | | | According to the 8th century Christian monk and historian Bede, this month was dedicated to the pagan fertility goddess Eostre. | | | Others, like the Sabbatarian Church of God groups, claim to adhere to a more primitive form of Christianity, and keep a Christian Passover which lacks most of the practices or symbols associated with Easter and retains more features of the Jewish observance. |
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http://encyclopedia.calendarhome.com/Easter.htm
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| | Beliefnet.com |
| | The word Eostre’s origins are believed to reside in the word east, which gives some scholars the impression that she’s a dawn goddess. | | | There is conflict as to whether or not Eostre even existed, since there is no mention of her or a similar goddess in Norse mythology. | | | This lack of an Eostre-type figure among Norse mythology is the rallying cry of those claiming that she never existed, though others point out that there are other such cases of gods and goddesses not existing in Norse mythology, and yet existing among other Anglo-Saxon faiths. |
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http://www.beliefnet.com/boards/message_list.asp?boardID=5602&discussionID=420153
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| | A F.U.N. Easter |
| | There is little written lore available on Eostre, but the Venerable Bede and Jacob Grimm both affirmed her existence based on folklore and the traditional German Easter festival Ostarun. | | | According to Bede, Pascha Sunday (the Church holiday celebrating the resurrection of Christ) was called Easter in connection with the Anglo-Saxon goddess Eostre (also called Ostara). | | | A major source for the early history of Britain and the origins of the word "Easter" is the Venerable Bede (673-735 C.E.), a monk who wrote a great deal about Anglo-Saxon mythology and about Easter. |
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http://www.thefunplace.com/holiday/easter.html
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| | Talk:Easter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | It is repeatedly stated that 'the term Easter is assumed to be derived from Eostre' or 'pagans pretend it comes from Eostre' or whatever. | | | People can assume that Bede and Grimm were 'making it up' and Eostre/Ostara was a washerwoman rather than a goddess (or just not try to explain who she was), but whoever/whatever... | | | It is therefore becoming increasingly accepted by critical scholars (critical, not Christian) that he was just guessing and was mistaken, where earlier his word might have been accepted uncritically. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Easter
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| | And also the fact that Eostre didn't exist in Norse mythology does not mean that she never existed amongst other Germanic peoples. | | | And this is just one example showing the existence of a god or goddess amongst certain Germanic peoples that may not have been known by others. | | | Temporum Ratione, Bede says that April was called Eostremonath, due to the fact that the Heathen Anglo-Saxons worshipped and held ceremonies during that month in honour of Eostre. |
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http://www.englishheathenism.homestead.com/eostre.html
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| | The Anglo-Saxon Year :: The Covenant of Anglo-Saxon Heathenry :: Geleafawaer Fyrn Sida |
| | It seems plausible, perhaps even probable, that Eostre’s feast was observed not on the equinox, but at the first full moon following the equinox. | | | Hot cross buns can be both eaten and used as holiday decorations, but some should be offered to Eostre and to the elves. | | | Evidence suggests, however, that the Anglo-Saxons may have observed this feast later in the spring. |
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http://www.fyrnsede.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=20&POSTNUKESID=9f80217ff05ea35435cb7bd0aa1d86ff
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| | Happy Easter at Darla Kay's |
| | The rebirth of the world at spring and the resurrection of Jesus Christ is celebrated by Pagans and Christians and Jewish Passover commemorates Israel's deliverance by Moses from in Egypt; it was during this Passover in 30 AD that Christ was crucified. | | | Many linguists agree that Eostre and Ostara are derived from the Old Teutonic root 'aew-s', 'illuminate, especially of daybreak' and closely related to (a)wes-ter- 'dawn servant', the morning star Venus and *austrôn-, meaning "dawn". | | | The Easter basket later evolved in the Catholic tradition, where each family brought a basket of food to mass on Easter Sunday to have it blessed for the evening meal. |
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http://www.uark.edu/~dksander/holiday/easter
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| | Easter - Who Does It Really Honor? |
| | Little else is known about Eostre, and certainly her symbols and meanings were borrowed and altered by the new religions. | | | The writer, Grimm, and other German scholars generally held to the belief that: 'The name of Ostara's (Eostre's) festival was transferred to the celebration of Christ's resurrection when Anglo-Saxon and German heathens converted to Christianity. | | | One of the most important of spring festivals among pre-Christian Germanic tribes apparently was dedicated to the goddess Ostara, whose name suggests 'east' and thus 'dawn' and 'morning light'. |
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http://jehovah.to/exe/general/easter.htm
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| | Easter, Happy and Blessed Event, where did we get its name? |
| | "Easter" is derived from Eastre, or Eostre, the Anglo-Saxon Goddess of spring and dawn. | | | Easter, many claim it is a pagan festival, from ancient festivals Eastre, Eostre, Eostur, or Ostara, instead the true name for Easter comes from ancient Hebrew. | | | There is no doubt that the Church (of Rome) in its early days adopted the old pagan customs and gave a "Christian" meaning to them. |
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http://www.accuracyingenesis.com/happy.html
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| | The Truth On Easter |
| | The name was given to the Christian festival in celebration of the resurrected Eostre, it was who, according to the legend, opened portals of Valhalla to recieve Baldur, called the white god because of his purity and also the sun god because his brow supplied light to mankind. | | | It was Baldur who, after he had been murdered by Utgard Loki, the enemy of goodness and truth, spent half the year in Valhalla and the other half with the pale goddess of the lower regions. | | | "The name of a feast, according to the Venerable Bede, comes from Eostre, A Teutonic goddess whose festival was celebrated in the spring. |
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| | Spring Equinox, Eostre, Ostara Sabbat - the Pagan Origins of Easter |
| | Etymologically, Eostre, or, as it is sometimes called, Ostara, may come from the word 'east', meaning dawn. | | | Their festivals included Alban Elfed, the Teutonic festival in honour of Eostre, Roman Hilaria Matris Deûm, Welsh Gwyl Canol Gwenwynol ('Day of the Gorse'), the Wiccan Eostar (Ostara) Sabbat and the Christian Feast of the Annunciantion of the Virgin Mary (Lady Day) as well as Easter itself. | | | This is an interesting parallel to the biblical story in which Jesus is resurrected (the reason Christians celebrate Easter), pointing to another appropriation of pre-Christian religious figures, symbols and myths by early Christianity. |
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http://www.witchology.com/contents/march/ostara.php
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| | THE EASTER BUNNY |
| | The moon may then be another name for Eostre, and its name comes from the Sanskrit word "mas" — from ma, to measure — and was masculine. | | | According to legend, Eostre became angry with the rabbit and cast it into the heavens. | | | In German mythology, she is also the goddess Ostara, the maiden, and celebrated at the Equninox when night and day are equal and balanced. |
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http://www.bunnyhollow.org/bunnyeastermoon/bunnyeastermoon.html
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| | Ostara - Eostre |
| | Hence the name came to be given to the festival of the Resurrection of Christ, which occurred at the time of the Passover. | | | Hence the name came to be given to the festival of the Resurrection of Christ, which occured at the time of the Passover. | | | In pagan times an annual spring festival was held in her honor. |
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| | RightDivision.com Easter Pagan Influences |
| | Hot Cross Buns : At the feast of Eostre, the Saxon fertility Goddess, an ox was sacrificed. | | | The ox's horns became a symbol for the feast. | | | Many, perhaps most, Pagan religions in the Mediterranean area had a major seasonal day of religious celebration at or following the Spring Equinox. |
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| | 1 Way Only--The Truth About Easter |
| | Diana (the Ephesian goddess of sex, fertility, virginity and motherhood) was said to be the source of nature. | | | The hare is also the sacred companion and sacrificial victim of Eostre. | | | Ishtar [pronounced "Aes-tar"] (the Babylonian/Chaldean goddess of love and war) and Semiramis (an Assyrian goddess) were both known as the "Queen of Heaven." And the "Queen of Heaven" is specifically mentioned in the Bible |
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| | Ostara 2000 Section 1 |
| | Eostre is a wonderful time for spring cleaning, for the weeding out of old, unused and unloved things to make room for new and spiritually rewarding things. | | | Wherever she went, they followed, and she loved to sing and entertain them with magic. | | | Eggs are another sign of fertility, holding within them the promise of new life to come. |
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| | Astarte, the Easter Goddess |
| | Like all the church's "movable feasts," Easter shows its pagan origin in a dating system based on the old lunar calendar. | | | Her sacred month was Eastre-monath, the Moon of Eostre. | | | Each king styled himself first and foremost "Priest of Astarte." |
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http://www.awakenedwoman.com/eostre.htm
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| | Ostara Blot and Unity Rite - ADF Neopagan Druidism |
| | Eostre, share your good will with them and the communities they serve. | | | D1 pours the Blot to Eostre on behalf of the Folk. | | | D1: For those in our community who honor the Kindreds as individuals and as families; for our fellowship with all who honor the Kindreds, whatever their path—we ask the blessing of Eostre. |
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| | Heathen Calendar |
| | Eostre's name is related to the word east, which connects her to the dawn, due to the rising of the sun in the east at dawn. | | | Hot cross buns are Heathen offerings to the goddess Eostre. | | | Between Eostre and Midsummer we have May Day, also known as Wealburges Day. |
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| | What Is Ostara? |
| | Eostre told her that henceforth the hare coming to the woods would be a sign that spring was coming soon. | | | Long ago, in the land of the Vikings, the Goddess Eostre was late in coming. | | | This is generally the first day of springtide, when the days and nights are at equal length. |
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http://www.rcs.k12.va.us/cshs/SharingCorner/CSCooking/holiday/what_is_ostara.htm
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| | RealMagick Article: Ostara - The Vernal Equimox by Gordon Ireland |
| | Have altar face towards the East, as Eostre is the Goddess of the Dawn. | | | The Christianity version of Eostre also follows the rebirth pattern. | | | Place candles in the four directions, place cauldron and seed to the East, place earth to the North, water in chalice to the West, Smudge stick to the South. |
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| | The Story of the Eostre Bunny |
| | The girl asked Eostre if she would like a drink of water and when Eostre drank from the ladle, she poured a few blessed drops on the ground and pretty flowers began to sprout up from the Earth! | | | It's Eostre!" The children ran up to the beautiful Goddess, and stared in awe. | | | He looked into the face of the beautiful Goddess Eostre as he took the egg from her hand. |
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| | Dictionary.com/Easter Word Origins |
| | Good Friday illustrates good in the sense of "holy; observed as a holy day" and may be the oldest Christian celebration, its name possibly a corruption of "God's Friday." Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus's triumphant entry into Jerusalem where he was covered with palms by the multitudes. | | | In the following days, Jesus appeared to His disciples and explained the meaning of His death (for the sins of mankind) and His victory over death, which offered the promise of rebirth for those who believe in Him. | | | The word Easter may come from Eostre, the Anglo-Saxon name of a Teutonic goddess of Spring and fertility, whose festival was celebrated at the vernal equinox. |
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| | Rabbits were sacred to her, especially white rabbits, and she was to believed to have taken the form of a rabbit. | | | These krashanka were closely associated with a race of “spirits” called “Kindly Ones” who dwelt in darkness of the banks of the rivers of the world. | | | On Eostre’s Day, the red shells of the krashanka were thrown into the rivers so that they would eventually arrive on the banks of this distant island, bringing with them the message that the Sun and the Season of Rebirth have returned. |
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http://www.blueroebuck.com/eostre.htm
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| | Oh My God/dess! |
| | Although Eostre/Ostara is usually portrayed as a maiden goddess, she is sometimes associated with mother goddesses of fertility such as Ishtar, Astarte, Ashera, and Isis who are also appropriate deities to honor at Ostara. | | | Eostre came to the girl, but she was unable to restore the bird to its original state, so she transformed it into a hare instead. | | | Eostre also lends her name to the East, the direction of dawn, and to estrogen, the hormone that controls a female's sexual development and menstrual cycle. |
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| | Press release - CELEBRATION OF ‘EOSTRE’ AT WEST STOW |
| | Building on the success of last year’s event the Eostre gathering at West Stow will once again resurrect some of these ancient pagan traditions, so there will be plenty for visitors to see and do in the Anglo-SaxonVillage on Easter Sunday and Monday. | | | It is believed that hot cross buns also have their roots in paganism and that they were eaten as part of Eostre celebrations. | | | Costume re-enactors will be converging on WestStowAnglo-SaxonVillage near Bury St Edmunds this Easter to take part in a pagan festival known as Eostre, which celebrates the arrival of summer and the pagan goddess of dawn. |
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| | Ostara Lore |
| | The Goddess Ostara, Anglo-Saxon Goddess of Spring, the East, Resurrection, and Rebirth, is also the Maiden aspect of the Three-fold Goddess. | | | "Eostre" from The Goddess Oracle by Marashinsky and Janto | | | Traditionally German children are told that it is the Easter hare that lays all the Easter eggs. |
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| | Blogger: Email Post to a Friend |
| | The egg, symbol of conception and birth, enlarges on this celebration of sex and the continuance of Life through sex. | | | She was a symbol of fertility, of sexuality, union, potency, and growth. | | | The veneration of Eostre was originally, it appears, about welcoming the first full moon of Spring and in the process, turning both within as individuals and toward one another as community, in a celebration of the regenerative capacity of Life to renew itself in the most natural, fulfilling, and delightful of physical acts. |
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http://www.blogger.com/email-post.g?blogID=8317310&postID=111186366147752599
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| | Spring-Eostre Rituals |
| | Named for the ancient Anglo-Saxon goddess who presided over fertility, Eostre, this holiday symbolises balance, and the birth of all nature. | | | The egg was used as a symbol for Ostara, as it represents the birth of the Goddess as Persephone, returning from the Underworld to join her mother Demeter once again, playing in the fields together as they bring fertility and growth to the land once more. | | | This is when you can bless the seeds you’ll be planting in your garden, performing rites of fertility and abundance for the upcoming season of growth and renewal. |
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| | Lady Hedgehog's Lady Day Page |
| | (Many will note that the Christian holiday of Easter is the Sunday after this full moon.) However, since both holidays place importance on the two goddess of fertility Ostara and Eostre, it is not in the least difficult to see how their practices have merged. | | | Originally these names referred to a different holiday which fell on the first full moon after the Equinox. | | | The other aspect of the holiday is that of fertility, which is how it came to be so closely associated with the Germanic goddess Ostara and the Saxon goddess Eostre. |
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| | The true meaning of Easter |
| | "...from the primitive root 'EOSTRE', goddess of dawn, whose festival was celebrated at the spring equinox." | | | This Eostre was also known to be the | | | form of a dawn-deity, Eostre, also called Eastre, Eostra or Orstara, became fused with Christianity. |
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| | Confessions of a Tree Hugger, Eostre, Easter, Spring Equinox |
| | This illustrated portfolio contains 50 pages of ideas for celebrating the joyous mid-spring feast also known as Nawruz, Easter, Passover, St. Joseph's Day, Spring Equinox and Hilaria. | | | You can also reuse these ideas in April during Passover and Easter Sunday. | | | It's time to order the Eostre packet which contains ideas for celebrating Spring Equinox, Nawruz and St. Joseph's Day (all coincide on March 19th this year). |
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| | Prices ar not shown - osCommerce Community Support Forums |
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| | -- Beliefnet.com |
| | Eostre was so pleased by the little hare's sacrifice of his egg to her, and by the manner in which he decorated it for her, that she wanted everyone--especially children, who are themselves symbols of new life--to enjoy these representations of her bounty. | | | One of Eostre's devotees was a small hare who wished very much to give a gift to his goddess, but he didn't know what he could possibly offer that would be of any value to her. | | | Her name means "moving with the waxing sun." Around the time of her festival, on the day when light and dark are equal, the local animals began giving birth or going into their sexually receptive cycles, named "estrus periods" after the goddess. |
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| | Spring - Vernal Equinox |
| | The ancient goddess, Eostre, was a Saxon deity who symbolized the passage of time as well as new life and fertility. | | | This special day is also known as Lady Day, Eostre, Ostara. | | | Eostre was the key symbol of the Vernal Equinox (which was also known as Ostara.) The goddess Eostre was saved by a bird whose wings had become frozen during the winter. |
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| | The Story of Eostre |
| | The origins of the co-operative lie in the aftermath of the recession of the early 1990s. | | | Enshrined in the co-operative's charter is a belief that co-operatively traded organic food of the highest quality should be available to all members of society. | | | Eostre's most significant success has been to safeguard the livelihoods of its producer members. |
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| | Sidewalk - EOSTRE |
| | EOSTRE is the name of the Saxon goddess of Spring, and the original spelling of the word Easter. |
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| | I painted Eostre in 1992 for Llewellyn's 1993 Goddess Calendar. |
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| | The English word “Easter&; is thought to be derived from the name of a Teutonic goddess of spring, Eostre, and to have been adapted by Christians to its present usage. |
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