#spring deities

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@femmefatalenet | death deities | event eight | eostre (ostara)

Ēostre or Ostara is a Germanic goddess who, by way of the Germanic month bearing her name, is the namesake of the festival of Easter in some languages. Ēostre is attested solely by Bede in his 8th-century work The Reckoning of Time, where Bede states that during Ēosturmōnaþ (the equivalent of April), pagan Anglo-Saxons had held feasts in Ēostre's honour, but that this tradition had died out by his time, replaced by the Christian Paschal month, a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus.

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goddes of spring

Are you asking for who’s the goddess of the spring? As with most things this varies somewhat from one culture and religion to the next. One of the best-known spring deities is Vesna, who’s worshiped by Slavic polytheists. Additionally, Persephone/Kore from the Hellenic tradition is sometimes considered a spring deity due to her role in the coming of the seasons according to the story of her marriage to Hades. The Romans also had their own goddess, Flora, whose dominion included both flowers and plants more generally and who was associated with spring. Lastly, if you’re interested in Middle Eastern mythology, Allat, one of the goddesses of ancient Arabia, is also a spring deity.

—Aryós Héngwis