Eostre

Eostre
a) A modern pagan festival celebrated either in March or April to welcome the Spring.
b) A putative Anglo-Saxon goddess.

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  • Ostara — 1884 por Johannes Gehrts. Ostara (antiguo inglés, Eostre) es el nombre de una antigua divinidad germánica de la primavera, cuyo primer antecedente documental procede del monje bendictino Beda el Venerable, quien en su libro historiográfico, De… …   Wikipedia Español

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