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a) A modern pagan festival celebrated either in March or April to welcome the Spring.
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Eostre — Éostre Ostara par Johannes Gehrts (1884) Éostre est le nom d’une déesse anglo saxonne attesté par Bède le Vénérable, un moine bénédictin du VIIIe siècle, dans son livre De temporum ratione, présente le culte d’Eostre … Wikipédia en Français
Eostre — Eostre, Göttin, s. Ostara … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
EOSTRE — Germanorum olim Numen, de quo vide aliquid infra in voce Othan … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Ēostre — Ostara redirects here. For other uses, see Ostara (disambiguation). Ostara (1884) by Johannes Gehrts. The goddess flies through the he … Wikipedia
Éostre — Ostara par Johannes Gehrts (1884) Éostre est le nom d’une déesse anglo saxonne attesté par Bède le Vénérable, un moine bénédictin du VIIIe siècle, dans son livre De temporum ratione, présente le culte d’Eostre comme déjà éteint parmi les… … Wikipédia en Français
þéostre — adj dark, gloomy; sad, mournful; 1. in a physical sense, without light; 2. metaphorically, of absence of spiritual or mental light, or of cheerfulness; see þéostor, þéostru … Old to modern English dictionary
Eostre — Teutonic goddess of the dawn who gave her name to Easter. The word may have evolved from Ishtar, as her festival has some resemblance to the Babylonian spring festival … Who’s Who in non-classical mythology
Easter — This article is about the Christian Festival. For secular uses, see Easter customs and Ēostre. For other uses, see Easter (disambiguation). Easter Resurrected Jesus and Mary Magdalene, by Antonio da Correggio, 1543 … Wikipedia
Easter egg — Easter eggs are specially decorated eggs given to celebrate the Easter holiday or springtime. The oldest tradition is to use dyed or painted chicken eggs, but a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with… … Wikipedia
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
