Eostre
For me the festivities of Ostara celebrate the Spring, and renewal of life and the promotion of fertility.
Some believe in a maiden goddess named Eastre or Eostre who is honoured with a spring festival where hares and rabbits were considered sacred to Eostre because the are extremely fertile animals. In many cultures rabbits and eggs are valuable remedies for fertility problems.
The Easter bunny has a long history as a pagan symbol that pre-dates the christian holiday and it is thought that early christians adopted the pagan hare to make their own holiday more popular. The The story of the Easter Bunny which delights children so much in America comes from the legend of a humble little rabbit's dealings with the Goddess Eostre. As the story goes, the little rabbit wanted so much to please his Goddess that he laid sacred eggs in her honour and decorated them in beautiful rainbow colours. When the rabbit presented Eostre with his gift, she was so pleased that she desired for everyone to share in her joy and asked the little rabbit to go throughout the world distributing the little gifts.
My Eostre celebration tag includes the colours for spring, rainbow coloured eggs, the fertile hare, and the goddess Eostre. I've used angelina fibres for a bit of sparkle and paper bunting.
Eostre blessings to all. xXx
I've enjoyed this tag and the background story very much! ;-)
ReplyDeleteGreat tag and thanks for telling the story behind it! Happy Easter to you! Valerie
ReplyDeleteA lovely bright colourful tag and a very interesting story thank you
ReplyDeleteYvonne x
Well researched and very interesting, also - lovely tag! Thank you xx
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this tag and the story very much, Hugs May x x x x
ReplyDeleteOstara Blessings to you Gigha ~ Beautiful tag :)
ReplyDeleteA beautiful tag, wonderful Spring colours.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone, for your kind comments :-) x
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