Its Easter again:spending time MYTH OF EASTER Easter, Ishtar, Ashtoreth, Oestara, Astarte, Semiramus, ... The name Easter, like the names of the days of the week, is a survival from the old Teutonic mythology. According to Bede [an eighth century monk] it is derived from Oestre, or Ostdra, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring, to whom the month answering to our April, and called Eoster-monath, was dedicated. -- Easter, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th ed.What means the term Easter itself? It is not a Christian name. Easter is nothing else than Astarte, one of the titles of Beltis, the queen of heaven, whose name, as pronounced by the people of Nineveh, was evidently identical with tehat now in common use in this country. That name, as found by Layard on the Assyrian monuments is Ishtar. -- The Two Babylons, Hislop, p. 103 They considered her the Mother of Gods, and often depicted her either as a fertility symbol, or as a madonna figure. Many pre-christian Europeans thought that their sun gods and fertility goddesses died at the winter solstice and regained life again at the spring equinox. The concept of death and rebirth plays a large role in these legends. e.g. Cybele mourned two days for Attis, then celebrated his return on the third day, while Venus mourned two days for Adonis until he ascended to heaven on the third day. Lent The word lent simply means spring, but commonly refers to a long period of abstinence. In the Babylonian myth, Tammuz was killed by a wild boar, and his wife Ishtar dedicated 40 days to weeping and fasting. Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORDs house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. -- Ezekiel 8:14 Sunrise Services Even in ancient times, astrologers knew when the Vernal equinox occurred, and their followers would celebrate the arrival of spring at the first sunrise of the season. And he brought me into the inner court of the LORDs house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east. -- Ezekiel 8:1
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