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Eostre or Ostara was a goddess in Germanic paganism whose Germanic month (Old High German: Ostarmānoth) has given its name to the festival of Easter.
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The German fertility Goddess was Ostara, who was associated with fertility of both humans and crops. Ostara mated with the solar god on the Spring Equinox and nine months later she gave birth to a child around the Winter Solstice at 21st/22nd of December.
The Saxon name for the Germanic lunar goddess Ostara was Eostre. Her festival was held at the full moon after the Spring Equinox and the Catholics adopted this determination for their Easter.
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Ed ~ Epona, the Celtic goddess of horses and fertility, was replaced by Eostre, the Anglo-Saxon Goddess.



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