Eostre
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Eostre is a recurring concept in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between October 07, 2022 and October 10, 2022. The archive places it in contexts such as “the spring goddess Eostre”; “spring goddess Eostre”; “You are entering a world of pain when you mention Eostre”. It most often appears alongside Adraste, America, American Jews.
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- Category: Concepts
- Mention count: 2
- Issue count: 2
- First seen: October 07, 2022
- Last seen: October 10, 2022
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- Adraste (2 shared issues)
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- America (2 shared issues)
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- American Jews (2 shared issues)
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- Beroe (2 shared issues)
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- Christmas (2 shared issues)
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- Columbus (2 shared issues)
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- Columbus Day (2 shared issues)
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- Easter (2 shared issues)
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- Hanukkah (2 shared issues)
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- Jesus (2 shared issues)
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- 9-11 (1 shared issues)
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- Anatolia (1 shared issues)
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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.
Adraste: Is that so bad? All of our best holidays have begun as anti-holidays to neutralize older rites. Jesus was born in the spring; they moved Christmas to December to neutralize the pagan Solstice celebration. Easter got its name because it neutralized the rites of the spring goddess Eostre. Hanukkah was originally a minor celebration of a third-tier Bible story; American Jews bumped it up several notches of importance in order to neutralize Christmas. Labor Day was invented to screw up Communists’ attempts to coordinate around May Day as a labor protest holiday. This isn’t something modern liberals invented. It’s a tradition as old as the West. Give anti-holidays enough time and they become proper celebrations; in a hundred years, your descendants will be horrified at the thought of missing an Indigenous Peoples’ Day observance!
All of our best holidays have begun as anti-holidays to neutralize older rites. Jesus was born in the spring; they moved Christmas to December to neutralize the pagan Solstice celebration. Easter got its name because it neutralized the rites of the spring goddess Eostre. Hanukkah was originally a minor celebration of a third-tier Bible story; American Jews bumped it up several notches of importance in order to neutralize Christmas.
You are entering a world of pain when you mention Eostre . . . https://historyforatheists.com/2017/04/easter-ishtar-eostre-and-eggs/ . We should have a ‘Debunk the Eostre Myth’ day. It’s already celebrated regularly by many people.
Looking at Hogg’s link, it mostly debunks the claim that Easter is related to Ishtar (which I agree is untrue), but moves on to discuss Eostre also. It points out that for a while the only known reference to a goddess Eostre was in the works of 8th century English historian Bede, who wrote: