Eostre (Anglo-Saxon) or Ostara (Old High German) is the goddess after whom the
springtime festival of Easter is named. The month of April was also named in her honour
AS Eosturmonað, OHG Ostarmanoth.In Teutonic Mythology, Grimm tells us that the Anglo-Saxon name Eostre is related to Old High German adverb ostar expressing movement toward the rising sun. "Ostara, Eostre seems therefore to have been a divinity of the radiant dawn, of upspringing light, a spectacle that brings joy and blessing, whose meaning could be easily adapted to the resurrection-day of the Christian's God."
Eostre Lore
