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Apr. 20th, 2025

Eostre

Apr. 20th, 2025 08:41 am
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 According to the Venerable Bede (but no-one else) Easter is named after the Anglo-Saxon goddess Eostre- who had a whole month, roughly corresponding to our April, dedicated to her ceremonies and festivals. Scholars have debated whether she actually existed or whether Bede made her up, but- according to wikipedia- the modern consensus is that she was a real thing- and related to other goddesses of the Indo-European family. 

If she existed the assumption has to be that she was a goddess of dawn, Spring, new beginnings, flowers- and all that kind of thing. A Maiden goddess/new mother. Perhaps even a Virgin Mother.....

Here she is in an illustration by the German artist Johannes Gehrts

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