Goda Austaradul=?iso-8859-1?Q?=FE_?=allaim!

[Ingemar Nordgren]

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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