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No and no. https://historyforatheists.com/2020/12/pagan-christmas/ https://historyforatheists.com/2020/12/pagan-christmas/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJq
by wl 4y ago
No and no.
https://historyforatheists.com/2020/12/pagan-christmas/ https://historyforatheists.com/2020/12/pagan-christmas/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJq70tf0AsY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJq70tf0AsY
- thaumasiotes 4y agoThe only source that discusses the name of Easter tells us that the holiday is named after the pagan goddess it honors, so "no" may be a little strong.
- wl 4y agoThe name "Easter" is an outlier. It's Πάσχα ("Pascha") in Greek, Pasqua in Italian, Pâques in French, Pascua in Spanish, Pasen in Dutch, Påske in Norwegian. It's only in German ("Ostern") and English we name the festival after the old month name ("Esoturmonath") it tended to occur in. The Venerable Bede says the month was named after the goddess Eōstre. That's the sum of the information we have on the goddess. That doesn't make Easter an originally pagan holiday.