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{{ETG article | |||
| term = Easter | |||
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| description = The word evidently comes from Ostara, the | |||
Scandinavian goddess of spring. She was the symbol of | |||
the resurrection of all nature and was worshipped in | |||
early spring. It was a custom with the pagan Norsemen at | |||
that time to exchange coloured eggs called the eggs of | |||
Ostara. These have now become Easter‐Eggs. As | |||
expressed in Asgard and the Gods: “Christianity put | |||
another meaning on the old custom, by connecting it with | |||
the feast of the Resurrection of the Saviour, who, like the | |||
hidden life in the egg, slept in the grave for three days | |||
before he awakened to new life”. This was the more | |||
natural since Christ was identified with that same Spring | |||
Sun which awakens in all his glory, after the dreary and | |||
long death of winter. (See “[[Eggs]]”.) | |||
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