What are the English name, "Easter", and the German, "Ostern", derived from?

Easter





O.E. Eastre (Northumbrian Eostre), from P.Gmc. *Austron, a goddess of fertility and sunrise whose feast was celebrated at the spring equinox, from *austra-, from PIE *aus- "to shine" (especially of the dawn). Bede says Anglo-Saxon Christians adopted her name and many of the celebratory practices for their Mass of Christ's resurrection. Ultimately related to east. Almost all neighboring languages use a variant of L. Pasche to name this holiday. Easter Island so called because it was discovered by Europeans on Easter Sunday, 1722.

What are the English name, "Easter", and the German, "Ostern", derived from?
It can be traced further back to the Chaldean Ish Tar, which was a title of the Babylonian fertility goddess, Semiramis. She has been known by many names in many cultures. (Astarte, Ashtoreth, Asherah, etc.)





Her feast day was celebrated with symbols of fertility: rabbits and eggs. Where English Bibles sometimes say Easter, they should say Passover. Jesus rose at Passover, not Easter.
Reply:They were named after the Anglo-Saxon spring goddess Eostre and closely associated with the spring equinox.





http://www.religioustolerance.org/easter...


http://www.witchology.com/contents/march...


http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/sunnysweb/o...
Reply:Eostre the goddess of spring and Her festival Ostara which is on the same day as easter
Reply:Eostre, the saxon goddess of spring.
Reply:Both are derived from the Proto-Germanic "Austron", a goddess of fertility and sunrise whose feast was celebrated at the spring equinox, from "austra-", from the Proto-Indo-European "aus-" meaning "to shine" (especially of the dawn).