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Just as Easter is a celebration of Ishtar, the Babylonian deity, and All Hallow’s Eve is a remembrance of departed saints.
by dlivingston 5y ago
Just as Easter is a celebration of Ishtar, the Babylonian deity, and All Hallow’s Eve is a remembrance of departed saints.
- hashimotonomora 5y agoYes! Thank you.
- alchemism 5y agoWhile Ishtar can be considered an equivalent goddess, it is not quite accurate as the rite was most-likely originating from a Germanic/Slavic/Baltic entity, Eostre. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ēostre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ēostre