Ishtar and Easter

Clothed Ishtar, early 2nd millennium BC (Marie-Lan Nguyen) COGwriter Where did the name Easter come from? Easter itself is not a Christian term but comes from paganism: The English term, according to the Ven. Bede (De temporum ratione, I, v), relates to Estre, a Teutonic goddess of the rising light of day and spring, which [...]
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