It has become a bit of a tradition to start Easter Sunday off with this. Just an excuse really to play a terrific soundtrack. Happy Ēostre! #Ēostre #vinyl #soundtracks
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Ja, würde zustimmen. Auch wenn es eine angelsächsische #Eostre gegeben haben mag, halte ich eine germanische #Ostera eher für konstruiert. Die Orientierung zur aufgehenden Sonne und die Ausrichtung der Kirchen gen Jerusalem dürfte m.E. die Bezeichnung von #Ostern ausreichend erklären. Schade, dass dabei aber die Rückbindung an #Pessach schwächer wurde, die in den romanischen Sprachen stärker erhalten blieb. 
Easter bunnies!
It's less than two weeks until the Spring Equinox (Ostara), the date when night and day are of equal length. It's wonderful to see everything gearing up for the year: we're watching birds chase one another in courtship (and territorial disagreements!), green shoots beginning to appear on shrubs and trees, and early Spring flowers blooming!
So here are just a few of our favourite cards of the season :) Art by Samantha Symonds, Rachel Blackwell, Sam Cannon and Amanda Clark.
Today next door had an egg hunt in our front garden but one of the eggs has not been found. I expect a bumper crop for next year.
️ Wonderful folklore site. All the info you’d ever want about hot cross buns and a London pub called the Widow’s Son. However you may be celebrating this weekend, I hope it’s a good one. #GoodFriday #TGIF #Eostre https://www.icysedgwick.com/hot-cross-buns/
Icy Sedgwick · Why does a London pub hang hot cross buns in the bar?The Widow's Son pub in Bromley-by-Bow is famous for its hot cross buns collection above the bar. But why are they there? Click to find out.
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Happy Ishtar
Tree screen from McMichael Gallery grounds, Kleinburg
The word Easter appears to be derived not from Ishtar, but from the German Eostre, the goddess of the dawn—a bringer of light.
Ishtar and Easter appear to be homophones: they may be pronounced similarly, but have different meanings.
Don't believe every meme.
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/beyond-ishtar-the-tradition-of-eggs-at-easter/
I'm an atheist and as such I don't think much about Easter.
I do, however, enjoy watching millions of people around the world sharing eggs, worshipping rabbits and other such pagan rituals.
halloween eostre egg mouth...
easter egg making...
eostre fire...