The word Ostara is just one of the names applied to the celebration of the spring equinox on March 21. now other religions call it Easter. the Spring Equinox, which in the northern hemisphere is around the 20th or 21st of March and in the southern hemisphere around the 23rd of September. Ostara is called Easter in the christian religion sadly they do not know the whole story behind it so lets get some insight to it. Nature Spirits: Mer-people, Air and Water beings who are connected with spring rains and storms. Christian meaning : “An annual Christian festival celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, held on the first Sunday after the date of the first full moon that occurs on or after March 21.” Eggs were decorated and offered as gifts and
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The increased growth and strength of nature in the spring is due to the rising power of the Goddess and God. "The name is thought to be derived from a goddess of German legend, according to Jakob Grimm in his Deutsche Mythologies, Eostre, a Germanic goddess of spring. A similar goddess named Eostre was described by the Venerable Bede." Bede is also sometimes intertwined with Eostre. Animals: Cougar, hedgehog, boar,sea crow,sea eagle and trees were alder and dogwood. Flowers: Jonquil, daffodil, violet all these things have something to do with march rather it be the god the goddess the month or just the day. Only one piece of documentary evidence for Eostre exists: a passing mention in Bede's The Reckoning of Time. Bede explains that the lunar month of Eosturmonath "was once called after a goddess... named Eostre, in whose honour feasts were celebrated." "Ostara, may come from the word 'east', meaning dawn." March is derived from he ancient Roman name ‘Martius’ – named after Mars, the God of War. Mars is also later become known as Ares. Mars was the god of war and also an agricultural combination characteristic of early Rome. Mars represented military power as a way to secure peace, and was a father of the Roman people. According to legend, Juno, the queen of the gods,
The increased growth and strength of nature in the spring is due to the rising power of the Goddess and God. "The name is thought to be derived from a goddess of German legend, according to Jakob Grimm in his Deutsche Mythologies, Eostre, a Germanic goddess of spring. A similar goddess named Eostre was described by the Venerable Bede." Bede is also sometimes intertwined with Eostre. Animals: Cougar, hedgehog, boar,sea crow,sea eagle and trees were alder and dogwood. Flowers: Jonquil, daffodil, violet all these things have something to do with march rather it be the god the goddess the month or just the day. Only one piece of documentary evidence for Eostre exists: a passing mention in Bede's The Reckoning of Time. Bede explains that the lunar month of Eosturmonath "was once called after a goddess... named Eostre, in whose honour feasts were celebrated." "Ostara, may come from the word 'east', meaning dawn." March is derived from he ancient Roman name ‘Martius’ – named after Mars, the God of War. Mars is also later become known as Ares. Mars was the god of war and also an agricultural combination characteristic of early Rome. Mars represented military power as a way to secure peace, and was a father of the Roman people. According to legend, Juno, the queen of the gods,