Goddess Oestre Easter gets its name from the Teutonic Godde..
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Easter gets its name from the Teutonic Goddess of spring and the dawn, whose name is Oestre 👸 Ostara is believed to have been responsible for bringing about spring each year.
There are many different tales connecting this fertility Goddess to Easter, with one story telling of how a Hare King fell in love with her, and another, more popular story, explaining how one year she found a dying bird in the snow. To save it, Ostara brought the bird back to life as a white hare, however to honor the bird's original form Ostara gave the hare the power to lay eggs once a year. She then allowed the hare to gift away its eggs to those worshiping and feasting in her honor.
The origin of these stories is Germanic, but there is much debate among scholars or rather these are old tales, or new “feel-good” stories. Nonetheless, the origins of Easter, surround the spring equinox, and the changes of the seasons. In ancient times, like today, spring is always a reason to celebrate 🎉🖤
