Happy Ostara /his/!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzqHPnECXWQ
>>18419350We have no direct, independent pre-Christian record that confirms the existence of a goddess named Eostre. There are no pagan Anglo-Saxon inscriptions, idols, myths, poems, or place-names to prove a goddess cult, or archo finds dedicated to “Eostre”.
>>18419904The same could be said of the Cathars and Bogomils
Happy LARP day, fellow groypers! Shadilay!
Eos = Ushas = Ostarahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buetaxczKDghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6foZ_RvNfRUhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eoshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushas
>>18420225>groypersHere is your thread :^)>>18419349
>>18420211Hey larptardpagan, whether that's true or not, (spoiler! Its not) it doesn't refute in any way that there are no pagan Anglo-Saxon inscriptions, idols, myths, poems, or place-names to prove a goddess cult, or archo finds dedicated to "Eostre".Actually, It’s often claimed that Jacob Grimm “invented” Ostara in 1835..Bede just says the name for the *month* was used for the Christian festivalonly English that calls it Easter (also German) while the big vast majority of countries it's a word derived from Pascha (Passover) like Pascua (Spanish), Pascoa (Portuguese), Pääsiäinen (Finnish), Pasen (Dutch) BTFOagain
>>18420280>Eos = Ushas = OstaraNo larp, see>>18420336
>>18420337Your image is just a bit of nitpicking. >there is a goddess Eostre (cognate of Eos and Ushas)>she has a month named after her in Anglo-Saxon>pascua falls in that month>pascua is called in reference to the month EostreTo go one step further and infer that, like Yule, Easter took on significant elements of its pagan predecessor is only rational. Even in Mexico, Christianity is significantly Aztecized.
>Ostara>Muh ostara >Please tom, deep! Deep! Another anonymous person already explained this, but I'm an autistic person when it comes to comparative mythology, and in fact, things are more complex than your favorite authors on the internet say about it. What do we actually know?1) Most European languages call Easter by a name derived from the Greek "Pascha" (Πάσχα), related to the Jewish Passover.2) The exceptions are German ("Ostern") and English ("Easter"), which have an indirect connection to a supposed and unproven Anglo-Saxon goddess Eostre.3) People who have discussed this with minimal academic vigor conclude that... Bede's texts in "De temporum ratione" report that the name of the festival probably came from the month in which it occurred, but the exact origin is still debated and nebulous. What is actually plausible is that it is likely a reference to the Anglo-Saxon month "Eosturmonath".The rest is pure cope.
>>184203612/2the OP idiot didn't even bother to research and consider the question beyond those crappy YouTube videos that This festival was named after the month in which it occurred and was indirectly derived from a supposed connection to the goddess Eostre. Let's assume for a moment that Eostre was indeed a venerated goddess in Saxony, for argumentative purposes, ignoring the mere reference to her by Bede (which some academics I've read have questioned the veracity of). The problem is that there is no evidence of a connection with "fertility," eggs, or rabbits – that's all made up. The eggs come from the Catholic tradition of not eating eggs during Lent, and the Easter bunny is a modern German tradition of the "Osterhase," one of the animals associated with Easter. The idea of associating Eostre with these symbols is a modern creation without historical basis, since there is not enough information about the goddess herself. So... the OP, if honest, would say that we simply don't have enough information to affirm any of this. And you write like a 17-year-old. End of the thread. Comparative mythology>larpaganism
>>18420355I accept your concessionBtw: irish chad with 56% steppe I m literally the most aire/ aryan here kek
That woman is the devil. The usurping supplanter - Venus. Desperately trying to become a star she never was.>>18420318That sleeping man actually wants that "young" boy that the woman keeps thinking she will replace if she keeps making up alternative versions of their myths.
>>18420373>there is no evidence of a connection with "fertility," eggs, or rabbitsSpring is associated with fertility. Spring is the season of fertility. Eostre-Imbolc-May Day come from a common well of spring festivals. The idea of spring being a season of fertility certainly isn't christian.>The eggs come from the Catholic tradition of not eating eggs during LentReaching. No more evidence of that being the source of easter eggs than anything else and it says nothing about Eostre.>the Easter bunny is a modern German tradition of the "Osterhase," one of the animals associated with EasterAnd where does the Osterhase come from? We know it comes from Germany. We know little else. The brothers Grimm, more familiar with German culture than you or I concluded it was pre-Christian and thus a part of the pre-christian spring festivals, like we can infer Eostre was. Finally, Eostre being the Cognate of Eos, Aurora, Ushas and Zorya is enough to correlate the evidence in Bede in the absence of counter-evidence. It would be far more absurd to conclude that Germanic traditions don't have a dawn goddess and that this goddess wasn't connected with the Eostre month / festivals.
>>18419350I don't care if Ostera existed or not. I worship anime girls in bunny costumes on this day.
>>18420437Very based. The sacrement of Ostara is wild sweaty sex with your big booba wife.
Ostara mentioned centuties before the Brother Grimm.
>>18420336man you guys get upset easy
Bump
>>18419904>>18420336Ēostre was documented by 8th-century monk Bede, who noted that the month of April (Ēosturmōnaþ) and the Christian holiday of Easter in English were named in her honor. Fuck off
>>18420401Dis nigga uses Grimm brothas as a source, no cap
