Mar 15, 2017
Are Easter and Ishtar Related?
Contrary to what you may read in the local papers a few weeks from now, there's no historical connection between Easter and Ishtar.
Easter is the modern English name of the pan-Indo-European Dawn Goddess, also known as Ostara, Aušrine, Austra, Aurora, Eos, Ushas, and by many other names. All these names clearly derive from the Proto-Indo-European root for 'east.'
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