Wiccan festival celebrating the return of Spring.
1 Ostara and Eostre are both Germanic names of the Maiden Goddess as lady of the dawn.
2 The rocks may perhaps have been called Eastern or Eostern-stones, and may have been dedicated to Ostara .
3 Maypoles are sometimes used as part of the Ostara festivities, and these represent the phallus of the Young God.
4 Ostara also has strong feminine connotations and is sacred to the Maiden Goddess as well as the Young God.
5 Ostara is a solar Sabbat and is sacred to the Young God, lord of the rising sun and of life.
6 Ostara was goddess of bright dawn, of rising light, and awakening spring, as Hel of subterranean night, the darkness of the underworld.
7 (Also known as Ostara , Eostre, Eastre)
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