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Some trivia for today?

Eostre (Ostara) was the Anglo-Saxon goddess of the spring and the dawn, and her name is the origin of the word Easter. Every year at the vernal equinox, people held a festival to celebrate the goddess. Eventually the Christian holiday celebrating the Resurrection was combined with the pagan festival to form Easter. According to legend, Eostre saved a bird whose wings had frozen during the winter by turning it into a hare. The hare became her sacred companion, retained its avian ability to lay eggs and over time developed into our modern-day Easter Bunny.

(from uncommongoods.com)

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StaceyG said…
I believe most Christian holidays were started to "take over" Pagan ones. Didn't know about the bunny though!
3/23/2008 7:44 PM
Jillie Bean (AKA Bubba's Sis) said…
That's cool trivia!

Thanks for your thoughts and kind words this week - you are a sweetheart!
3/24/2008 10:58 PM
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