- published: 21 Nov 2011
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Ēostre or Ostara (Old English: Ēastre, Northumbrian dialect Ēostre; Old High German: *Ôstara (reconstructed form)) is a Germanic divinity who, by way of the Germanic month bearing her name (Northumbrian: Ēosturmōnaþ; West Saxon: Ēastermōnaþ; Old High German: Ôstarmânoth), is the namesake of the festival of Easter. Ēostre is attested solely by Bede in his 8th-century work The Reckoning of Time, where Bede states that during Ēosturmōnaþ (the equivalent of April), pagan Anglo-Saxons had held feasts in Eostre's honor, but that this tradition had died out by his time, replaced by the Christian Paschal month, a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus.
By way of linguistic reconstruction, the matter of a goddess called *Austrō in the Proto-Germanic language has been examined in detail since the foundation of Germanic philology in the 19th century by scholar Jacob Grimm and others. As the Germanic languages descend from Proto-Indo-European (PIE), historical linguists have traced the name to a Proto-Indo-European goddess of the dawn *H₂ewsṓs (→ *Ausṓs), from which descends the Common Germanic divinity from whom Ēostre and Ostara are held to descend. Additionally, scholars have linked the goddess's name to a variety of Germanic personal names, a series of location names (toponyms) in England, and, discovered in 1958, over 150 2nd century BCE inscriptions referring to the matronae Austriahenae.
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Music: China Roses by Enya The Beltane video can be seen here - https://vimeo.com/125340535
This is Ostara by Heidevolk, from their album Uit Oude Grond. I do not own this song or video. I do not make money from it. If you like the song buy the CD from Napalm Records In het veld gehuld, in mist en kou Schijnt een glinstering, in de dauw Als de hemel kleurt van zwart naart blauw Ostara In het oosten waar de nacht begon Ontwaakt het licht der morgenzon Haar ochtend zegent onze bron Ostara In de vroegte, als de dag begint En de zon het sterrenveld verblindt Als de lente winter overwint Ostara Bij de dageraad, door ans aanschouwd Baant zonlicht zich een pad von goud Door de kille nevels in het woud Ostara Nacht en dag bereiken evenwicht Langverwachte terugkeer van het licht Als de zon herrijst en kou verdwijnt En het levenslicht het land beschijnt Voe...
Some ideas for celebrating the spring equinox. :)
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Spring Equinox , March 20 Praise to the Spring, Praise to all living things Praise to the Maiden and the joy that she brings Praise to the Earth let all her creatures now sing Hope is renewed with the coming of the Spring We turn from the darkness and the wise Crone within We turn to the Maiden and creation begins Its a time for things growing and time now for flowing A time now for sowing the seeds of your dreams. Praise to the Spring, Praise to all living things Praise to the Maiden and the joy that she brings Praise to the Earth let all her creatures now sing Hope is renewed with the coming of the Spring The heart fires are stirring with the new life returning Its time now for learning what rebirth truly means We honor ourselves and all the faeries and elves May we dance and ring bel...
This is a short video outlining the themes and correspondences of the spring equinox. :)
OSTARA, "Paradise Down South", the title track from the new album due to ascend late 2013 on Soleilmoon Recordings.
Yes the battleships shall blaze once more
The thunders of our revival shall crack once more
Through the giant cannons of our battleships
Our troops will storm once more
Unto the south and unto the north
We'll crush the enemy and establish the new order
The time has come
The ancient race of sodom is declined and corrupted
Our bodies are filthy and infected
Never had we been so dirty
Demonic Beast - men suppress us from high above
Slaughtering us without conscience
Why don't you seek a hell in the other world?
As not hell the world we live in
And the one that burns within us?
From within the celebrations of the unchained divine
We can conquer the whole world
The fire could burn
Until sparks burst from the barrels of our battleships
The time has come
The ancient race of sodom is declined and corrupted
Our bodies are filthy and infected
Never had we been so dirty
And the gunshots shall blaze
And order restored
A new clergy shall rise in the land of Sangreal
Shall rise from the ancient soil