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/c/paganism thread about Easter (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to c/paganism@lemmy.ml

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Share what you know about Easter, its traditions, symbolism, history, etc.

My limited understanding is that it's a spring festival, celebrating resurrection/new life

There is a Germanic spring-goddess called Ôstara (in Old High German) and Ēastre (in Old English). I believe this has a Proto-Indo-European link to 'Aurora' and hence a connection between spring and dawn, both of which are times of new life and of brightening.

I might revisit this thread as I learn more over the weekend, until then tell me eveything you know!

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