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Ēostre

deity sky Germanic corroborated · 4

Ēostre is the Germanic dawn deity.

↻ synthesized from 4 sources

When

First attested
500 CE
Attested period
0 – 2020
Historical notes
Early Middle Ages

Relationships

co occurs with
Dellingr, Mater Matuta, Zorya, Aušra, Austra, Ratri, Chhaya, H₂éwsōs, *Ôstara, matronae Austriahenae, Austriates, Rheda, Ostara, Austri, Brigid, Prende, Afërdita, Aya, Hausos, Ayg, Arshaluys, Disani, Ame-no-Uzume, Sūrya, Marici, Saranyu, Shani, Venus, Fortuna, Cybele, Ceres
syncretized with
Uṣas, Eos, Aurora, Aušrinė

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Mentioned by

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Sources

wikipedia (3)
  1. Dawn deities
  2. Ushas
  3. Ēostre
encyclopedia (1)
  1. April (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed

Source passages

“Germanic – Ēostre”

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“Ēostre”

#16273 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Specifically regarding Ēostre, Grimm continues that: We Germans to this day call April ostermonat, and ôstarmânoth is found as early as Eginhart (temp. Car. Mag.). The great Christian festival, which usually falls in April or the end of March, bears in the oldest of OHG remains the name ôstarâ”

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