Eostre (or Ostara): A pagan goddess said to be linked to fertility and the dawn of spring. Some believe the name "Easter" itself derives from her. Eggs: Universally recognised as a symbol of new ...

Central to many of these celebrations was a goddess named Ēostre (or Ostara ... but also of death and resurrection—a perfect fit for both pagan spring festivals and Christian Easter. In ancient Celtic ...

Whether its antecedents, Eostre or Ostara, refer to an actual Anglo-Saxon goddess of springtime or dawn continues to be debated among scholars of ancient paganism. Likewise, how much the Venerable ...