Eostre
Eostre is the Anglo-Saxon dawn-goddess whose name the Venerable Bede gives to the month of April (Eosturmonath); Bede is the only source for her. The spring-equinox festival and the hare and the egg are later and modern readings of the Easter customs rather than anything Bede attests: an old name given a new story.
Correspondences
- Planetary Correspondence
- Venus
Offerings
- Offerings
- EggsSeedsFlowersHoney
Sacred timing
- Sacred Timing
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- OstaraEastre
- Gender Expression
- Feminine
- Titles
- Lady of the DawnBringer of SpringThe Rising Light
- Symbols
- FeatherWind
Practice
- Invocation Approach
- ToneBright youngAddressEostreLady of the DawnBringer of SpringRelationshipThe dawn of the year made personalWarningThe spring asks you to begin not to planResonanceThose beginning again those who keep the spring feast
- Modern Practice
Eostre is kept at the spring equinox with eggs, hares, seeds and the first fire of the year out of doors. Her practice is to begin something visible and small.
Nature and meaning
- Domain
- DawnSpringThe equinoxFertilityHaresEggsNew beginning
- Mythology Summary
Eostre is the Anglo-Saxon dawn-goddess whose name the Venerable Bede gives to the month of April (Eosturmonath); Bede is the only source for her. The spring-equinox festival and the hare and the egg are later and modern readings of the Easter customs rather than anything Bede attests: an old name given a new story.
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