Eggs: A powerful symbol of fertility and rebirth, decorated eggs are a prominent feature of Ostara. Rabbits: Linked to the Goddess Eostre and the Easter Bunny, they symbolize fertility and new ...

Perhaps the most popular origin myth for the Easter Bunny concerns the Germanic Pagan goddess of spring, Ostara, to whom hares were supposedly sacred. One story states that Ostara rescued an ...

Indeed, some folklorists have suggested that the Easter Bunny derives from an ancient Anglo-Saxon myth, concerning the fertility goddess Ostara. The Encyclopedia Mythica explains that: Ostara is ...

Indeed, some folklorists have suggested that the Easter Bunny derives from an ancient Anglo-Saxon myth, concerning the fertility goddess Ostara. The Encyclopedia Mythica explains that: Ostara is ...

Spring/April/the time of the equinox is the time of celebration of the ancient spring fertility festival honoring the goddess Eostre (Ostara, Oestera). This celebration, of pagan origin ...

Bunny himself, but there are some theories. Some have suggested that the bunny derives from the mythical Ostara (or Eostre), the Germanic goddess of fertility, rebirth and spring. And ...

You’ll see one explanation thrown around a lot to this day: That Easter derived its name from a pagan spring festival celebrating the goddess of fertility, Ostara, associated with rabbits and ...