The word Easter has its origins from Eastre, the Teutonic goddess of spring. In parts of the world, she was called Astarte, Ishtar and Mother Goddess. In addition, she was known as the fertility ...

A long time ago the Teutonic goddess Eastre was honored as the force responsible for spring and the rising light of day — and she gets a holiday named after her. Doesn’t it figure? I mean, what’d she ...

Eostre, the Teutonic goddess of fertility with an Anglo-Saxon name, never did much for us except, perhaps, give her name to Easter. Venerated in spring, she evidently had to yield place when ...

Easter traditions are tied closely to springtime when the egg symbolized the rebirth of the Earth. The Easter egg hunt of today and the Easter bunny may have evolved from the myth of Ostara, a ...