*Ôstara
deity Old High German single tradition · 2
The theonym *Ôstara is reconstructed from Old High German. She is a cognate to *Ēastre (Old English) and *Āsteron (Old Saxon), linguistic siblings stemming from a common origin. In southern Medieval Germany, the festival Ôstarûn similarly gave its name to the month Ôstarmânôth, and to the modern feast of Ostern ('Easter'), suggesting that a goddess named *Ôstara was also worshipped there.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 1000 CE
- Attested period
- 1000 – 1400
- Historical notes
- Attested in southern Medieval Germany.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- H₂éwsōs, *Ēastre, *haéusōs, *Āsteron, matronae Austriahenae, Jutrobog, Jastrzebog, Jastra, *Austrōn, Ēostre, Uṣas, Eos, Aurora, Aušrinė, Ēastre
- child of
- Austrō(n)
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“The theonym has been reconstructed as *Ēastre (Old English), *Ôstara (Old High German) and *Āsteron (Old Saxon). These are cognates – linguistic siblings stemming from a common origin. In southern Medieval Germany, the festival Ôstarûn similarly gave its name to the month Ôstarmânôth, and to the modern feast of Ostern”
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