The Goddesses Eostre & Vesna; Celebrating Ostara & the Spring Equinox, by Colleen M. Chesebro

Posted on March 21, 2019

Thank you Colleen and I wish all the Sisters of the Fey, a very happy Spring Equinox! Karen 🙂

The second celebration on the Pagan Wheel of the Year is the Spring Equinox, also called Ostara, which is named after the Germanic goddess, Eostre, of Norse origin. Her name was also the inspiration for the Christian name, “Easter,” and for the name, “Ostara.”

Eostre is the goddess of springtime and is always represented with blooming flowers. She is often depicted carrying a hare, which symbolized fertility.

Eostre’s first appearance in primary sources in when the Venerable Bede tells us that April is known as Eostremonath, named for a goddess that the Anglo-Saxons honored in the spring.

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I found it interesting that the goddess Eostre doesn’t appear in Germanic mythology. It is thought that she was a Norse deity but she doesn’t show up in the poetic or prose Eddas either. (Thoughtco.com)

It is possible that Eostre was a tribal goddess…

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Karen DeMers Dowdall was born in West Hartford, Connecticut. She has lived in Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, and England. Karen has a PhD, MSN, BSN, RN in Nursing from Florida Atlantic University. “Books of every genre teach us about life, how we think, and view the world." She has written poems and little short stories since she was a child. Karen loves art, she enjoys drawing, painting in oils, pastels, colored pencils, and doing portraiture. She has also taken ballet, Jazz, and modern dance since she was three years old and owned her own dance studio. View all posts by K DeMers Dowdall

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KC Redding-Gonzalez March 21, 20195:42 pm Reply

Sure ready to celebrate something! Thank you for the reminder that it is soon to be colorful Spring!

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Colleen Chesebro March 21, 20196:33 pm Reply

Thanks so much for sharing, Karen. I’m so excited about my long distance gardening with my daughter. Great fun. ❤

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1. K. D. Dowdall March 22, 20193:49 am Reply
  
  Colleen…what a great idea. That sound like so much fun. Karen 🙂
  
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  1. Colleen Chesebro March 22, 20191:20 pm
    
    I’m loving the Spring! ❤️
    
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  2. K. D. Dowdall March 22, 20196:45 pm
    
    We are still waiting for springtime…soon, I hope…soon. Right now, it is cold, and the wind is blowing like is no tomorrow. Karen 🙂
    
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  3. Colleen Chesebro March 22, 20196:50 pm
    
    Oh no! We’ve been told that we will hear thunder and have rain. We still have snow on the ground in place. Yikes. Stay warm. ❤
    
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  4. K. D. Dowdall March 22, 20196:52 pm
    
    Colleen…take heart…Spring will come…it must. Karen 🙂
    
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