Goda Austaradul=?utf-8?Q?=C3=BE_?=allaim!

[Brian Smith]

The Anglo-Saxon goddess Éostre has reflexes in Vedic culture (Usha), Greece 
(Eos), Roman (Iris) cultures. Grimm hypothesised an Ostara, though there is no 
written evidence for a Continental Germanic goddess bearing that name. 


Brian




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From: Ingemar Nordgren <ingemar at nordgren.se>
To: gothic-l at yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, April 22, 2011 10:45:18 AM
Subject: [gothic-l] Re: Goda Austaradulþ allaim!

  
Why would they have this special goddess who seems rather to have a Celtic 
background regarding the sound of the name. Why not Njärðr/Nerthus or Freja? 
Hence maybe Niarðardulþ or Frijadulþ.

Just a suggestion!

Ingemar

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Frithureiks" <gadrauhts at ...> wrote:
>
> Hello and Happy Easter to everyone.
> 
> What I know there are two words suited for 'Easter' in gothic: dulþs and paska. 
>The first meaning party/festival and the latter meaning Easter in the 
>judeo-christian sence.
> 
> But what in the heathen sence? The english call it Easter to celebrate the old 
>Godess of Spring, Éastre and the germans call it Ostern to celebrate the same 
>Godess, which they called Ostara.
> If the goths worshiped her to, they would perhaps have called her Austara and 
>hence this Easter would be Austaradulþs 'Festival of Éastre".
> 
> Otherwise maybe wezradulþs = Spring festival, to celebrate the spring.
>




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