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Eostre Ostara Eostar: Facts, Assumptions, Conjectures, Speculations, Guesses and Nonsense | Gardenstone

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Was a Germanic goddess Eostre or Ostara ever honored in the old days? Are Easter and the German 'Ostern' named after her? Does the widespread Easter lore have roots in ancient pagan rituals? The answers to these questions are disputed among both laymen and scholars. Often it can be hard to distinguish between faith and facts. Therefore, the available sources have been brought together in this book and offered with explanatory notes. However, it is left to the reader to consider whether in Germany a goddess Ostara, Eostar or Ostera was worshiped as was Eostre in England.

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Eostre Ostara Eostar: Facts, Assumptions, Conjectures, Speculations, Guesses and Nonsense | Gardenstone

Eostre is the pagan fertility goddess of humans and crops. The traditional colors of the festival are green, yellow and purple. The symbols used are hares and eggs, representing fertility (because we all know that bunnies breed like, well, rabbits) and new life.

Eostre is the namesake of the female fertility hormone estrogen.

🐇 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%92ostre
🐇 https://www.thefield.co.uk/country-house/easter-eostre-24035

TheBookHippie https://historycooperative.org/eostre/ 1mo

kspenmoll So Easter traditions-bunnies, eggs, yellow, green purple- borrowed from those of eostre💜💛💚 1mo

TheBookHippie @kspenmoll yes. Some people say stolen on purpose. 😵‍💫 1mo

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