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Title: Easter Named for the Germanic Goddess of Springtime
Source: Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts
URL Source: http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/ostara.html
Published: Nov 6, 1996
Author: D. L. Ashliman
Post Date: 2009-04-11 10:12:18 by Deasy
Keywords: Ostara, Eostra, pagan, history
Views: 352
Comments: 9

According to the historian Bede the Venerable (673?-735), writing in chapter 13 of his De temporum ratione, the heathen Anglo-Saxons called the third and fourth months "Rhedmonath" and "Esturmonath" after their goddesses Rheda and Eostra respectively.

Rheda, except for the brief citation above, has been forgotten.

Eostra (Ostara) has fared somewhat better, although there is little direct evidence of her and her followers.

The following views, advanced by Jacob Grimm in his Deutsche Mythologie (1835), are generally held by Germanic scholars:


The Name for "Easter" in selected European Languages

The English and German words for "Easter" derive from the name "Ostara," the Germanic Goddess of Springtime.

All other European words for "Easter" derive from the Hebrew word "pasah," to pass over, thus reflecting the Christian holiday's Biblical connection with the Jewish Passover.

EnglishEaster
GermanOstern
LatinPascha
ItalianPasqua
FrenchPâques
Danish and NorwegianPåske
SwedishPåsk
IcelandicPáske



Revised November 6, 1996.

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#1. To: Deasy (#0)

Easter Named for the Germanic Goddess of Springtime

Bunny Rabbit?

Jethro Tull  posted on  2009-04-11   10:15:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Jethro Tull (#1)

bunny rabbits lay eggs, that's why we send little kids looking for them

Itistoolate  posted on  2009-04-11   10:17:55 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Jethro Tull (#1)

Europeans used to want big families. Rabbits set a good example.

Deasy  posted on  2009-04-11   10:18:52 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Itistoolate (#2)

The Bunny I knew did lap dances :P

Jethro Tull  posted on  2009-04-11   10:20:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Jethro Tull (#4)

The Bunny I knew did lap dances :P

If you go chasing rabbits, and you know you're going to fall...


I've already said too much.

MUDDOG  posted on  2009-04-11   10:29:18 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: MUDDOG (#5)

heheheheh...(i need more coffee to stimulate my musical brain cells)

Jethro Tull  posted on  2009-04-11   10:32:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: Deasy (#3)

Europeans used to want big families. Rabbits set a good example.

So did the Irish Catholics in my neighborhood. Kids were stuffed into the apts. with a shoe horn.

Jethro Tull  posted on  2009-04-11   10:33:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: Jethro Tull (#7)

I was always thought the Easter bunny was a Celtic-Druid holdover.


I've already said too much.

MUDDOG  posted on  2009-04-11   10:39:51 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: Jethro Tull (#4)

Deasy  posted on  2009-04-11   10:41:11 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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