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Post by CIVILISON on Apr 10, 2009 23:59:58 GMT -5
The name Easter derived from the Saxon Eostre (a.k.a. Eastre). The ancient Saxons in Northern Europe worshiped the Goddess Oestre at the time of the Spring Equinox. The Goddess Easter represents the sunrise, spring-time and fertility, the renewal of life.
Pagan Anglo-Saxons made offerings of colored eggs to her at the Vernal Equinox. They placed them at graves especially, probably as a charm of rebirth. (Egyptians and Greeks were also known to place eggs at gravesites).-http://www.nobeliefs.com/easter.htm Old English Ēostre (also Ēastre) and Old High German Ôstarâ are the names of a putative Germanic goddess eponymous of the the Christian festival of Easter. The goddess is attested by Bede as the namesake of the Anglo-Saxon month Ēostur-monath. Bede solely mentions Eostre in his 8th century work De temporum ratione, where he states that Ēostur-monath was the equivalent to the month of April.-wikipedia PEACE
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Post by Longevity on Apr 28, 2009 16:35:27 GMT -5
Good info. Now I can tie this into the lie of Jesus and Easter I'd feel like I'd accomplished something. I'm get on that soon.
Peace
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Post by SAMURAI36 on May 7, 2009 15:41:50 GMT -5
True indeed.
This is so easily researchable, yet it continues to baffle me, how Christians refuse to find out about this truly Pagan holiday.
ASE'
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