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Ēostre ([
ˈeːostre]) is an Anglo-Saxon
goddess mentioned by Bede in his 8th
century work The
Reckoning of Time. He
wrote that
pagan Anglo-Saxons had held...
- Spring-Goddess whom we have
already met
under her Anglo-Saxon name of
Ēostre." The
belief that
Ēostre had a hare
companion who
became the
Easter Bunny was po****rized...
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Easter developed from the Old
English word Ēastre or
Ēostre (Old
English pronunciation: [ˈæːɑstre,
ˈeːostre]),
which itself developed prior to 899, originally...
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Eostre or
oester in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Ostara may
refer to: the Old High
German word for "Easter",
cognate to Anglo-Saxon
Ēostre Spring...
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Ēostre is doubtful. John
Andrew Boyle cites an
etymology dictionary by
Alfred Ernout and
Antoine Meillet, who
wrote that the
lights of
Ēostre were...
- equinox. The
English term may
derive from the Anglo-Saxon
goddess name
Ēostre;
Easter is
linked to the
Jewish P****over by its name (Hebrew: פֶּסַח pesach...
- like
animals - in
Germany the
cakes were
shaped like hares, a
symbol of
Ēostre, and a
precursor of the
modern Easter bunny. In
Italy the
preferred shape...
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Ēostre...
- word Easter. He
further states that the
month was
named after a
goddess Eostre whose feast was in that month. It is also
attested by
Einhard in his work...
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Hebrew מִזְרָח mizraḥ 'east' from זָרַח zaraḥ 'to rise, to shine'.
Ēostre, a
Germanic goddess of dawn,
might have been a
personification of both dawn...
