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3 identifiers linking Ēostre across the web's reference databases
11 statements · 18% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
3 identifiers linking Ēostre across the web's reference databases
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Ēostre is an Anglo-Saxon goddess mentioned by Bede in his 8th century work The Reckoning of Time. He wrote that pagan Anglo-Saxons had held feasts in her honour during the month named after her: Ēosturmōnaþ (April), and that this became the English name for the Paschal season: Easter.