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do we HAVE to discuss this everytime there is a holiday?? Isn't this in the
ARCHIVES?????????????
> > >>>>> "John" == John Dahl <jsd@efn.org> writes:
>
>     John> 2.  Easter comes from -Eostre-, an Anglo-Saxon goddess of
>     John> the dawn. In pagan times an annual spring festival was held
>     John> in her honor. Some easter customs have come from this and
>     John> other pre-Christian spring festivals. Sure sounds like a
>     John> holy day to me.
>
> Eos was the Greek goddess of the dawn.  I suspect that the Anglo-Saxon
> name and deity has an older origin.
>
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