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Titian’s Easter Bunny: A Very Serious Business

Bitter Winter English 19 Apr 2025
But what about Easter? The great German folklorist Jacob Grimm suggested in the 19th century that the hare was an animal sacred to pre-Christian goddess Ostara, or Eostre ... However, modern scholars have concluded that Grimm was wrong.
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Why Is It Called "Easter"? In Most Other Languages, A Totally Different Backstory Emerges

IFL Science 18 Apr 2025
Why, then, do we call it "Easter" in English? ... These words carry a more enigmatic past ... In the same spirit, Jacob Grimm (yes, the fairy tale guy) speculated that the German word is linked to “Ostara,” the Germanic Goddess of spring and dawn ... .
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Sacred hares, banished winter witches and pagan worship – the roots of Easter Bunny traditions ...

WPXI 12 Apr 2025
In 1835, the folklorist Jacob Grimm, one of the famous team of the fairy tale "Brothers Grimm," argued that the Easter Hare was connected with a goddess, whom he imagined would have been called "Ostara" in ancient German ... ....
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