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Germanic people look up at the goddess from the realm below. Ēostre (Proto-Germanic: *Austrō(n)) is a West Germanic spring goddess. The name is reflected in Old English: *Ēastre ([ˈæːɑstre]; Northumbrian dialect: Ēastro, Mercian and West Saxon dialects: Ēostre), [1] [2] [3] Old High German: *Ôstara, and Old Saxon: *Āsteron.
In Germanic paganism, the indigenous religion of the ancient Germanic peoples who inhabit Germanic Europe, there were a number of different gods and goddesses. Germanic deities are attested from numerous sources, including works of literature, various chronicles, runic inscriptions , personal names, place names, and other sources.
Ēostre, West Germanic spring goddess; she is the namesake of the festival of Easter in some languages. Brigid, celtic Goddess of Fire, the Home, poetry and the end of winter. Her festival, Imbolc, is on 1st or 2nd of February which marks "the return of the light". Persephone, Greek Goddess of Spring. Her festival or the day she returns to her ...
This category includes goddesses attested among the North Germanic peoples. See also Category:Germanic gods. Subcategories.
A West Germanic spring goddess associated with a festival held in her name during the 'Easter-month', *Austro-mēnōþ, equivalent to modern 'April'. [3] The matronae Austriahenae, if Germanic, derive from the same stem. [4] The Old English and Old High German forms are the origin of the modern holiday names Easter and Ostern, respectively. [5]
20 Germanic mythology. Toggle Germanic mythology subsection. 20.1 Anglo-Saxon. 20.2 German. 20.3 Langobardic. ... Ahöl Mana (Spring Maiden) Angak-chin Mana (Kocha ...
Gaia, primal mother goddess and goddess of the earth and its personification; Hamadryades, oak tree dryads; Hegemone, goddess of plants, specifically making them bloom and bear fruit as they were supposed to; Helios, Titan-god of the sun; Horae, goddesses of the seasons and the natural portions of time; Meliae, nymphs of honey and the ash tree
Ēostre, spring and fertility goddess; in earlier times probably a dawn goddess as her name is cognate to Eos; Freyr, god associated with peace, marriages, rain, sunshine, and fertility, both of the land and people; Freyja, a goddess associated with fertility and sister of the above god