Is Bede's Eostre really a Dawn Goddess?
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- čas přidán 26. 04. 2024
- Exploring Bede's Eostre in this video.
Sources:
Latin Text:
Beda Venerabilis (nabkal.de)
www.nabkal.de/beda/beda_15.html
English Translation of Latin Text:
www.tertullian.org/rpearse/be...
Aurora:
latinitium.com/latin-dictiona...
Prima Lux:
www.online-latin-dictionary.c...
dīlūcŭlum:
latinitium.com/latin-dictiona...
Ōstar, Ōstarfranko, Ōstara, Ōstarūn
www.koeblergerhard.de/ahd/ahd...
Eastre:
bosworthtoller.com/62103
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English christians used to celebrate Easter by getting up and watching the dawn! Evidently nothing to do with the crucifixion
I've been to a few Sunrise Services in the American Midwest, which still happens here quite a bit
Christ is said to come back from the East. This why that preists traditional face the east during liturgy.
This tradition of facing the sunrise could be both.
The breakdown of the etymology and the history of the words, chasing back to old german is what seals the deal for me. I very much appreciated your analysis and descriptions in this video.
I am sworn to Eostre, she is at the center of my pantheon and my Lady, so I'm always on the lookout for these videos.
Hail to Goddess Eostre 🙏
Always love to see more evidence!
I mean, I do think she is a Dawn Goddess.
Look at the case in Ireland: Brigid, aka Saint Brigid. We know she is a goddess, and, yes, she is a dawn goddess even when you have no information about her related to dawn, but her name, which technically means "Exalted One" is a direct cognate to Vedic Brihati. Note she is the daughter of Dagda (who has acquired some of the theology of Father Sky) and sister of Áengus, a Horse Twin.
Another case would be Helen of Troy, mostly because her brothers are the Twin Horses, and Zeus is her father (here is had absorbed Father Sky's attributes).
And our BOI Jive has already left a comment about it.
My issue with Bede is: How much of what he says about Eostre/Eastre is highly accurate? As a christian I understand why Bede could *undermine* some characteristics of a "pagan" deity. I don't know how many anglo-saxons still kept their old faith intact, but I highly doubt Bede would preserve, faithfully, some details of a non-christian god.
Very enjoyable/ informative as always.
Thank you Cefin. 👍
Bede, like Snorri and every other writer in antiquity, held major biases and held agendas that influenced their writing. History as we know it today did not begin to mature until the 1800s, and it still had and has problems. Great Man bias, all of that continues to persist.
So yeah, I definitely think Bede was leaving things out, which makes what he did include all the more intriguing.
I think so.