Where did Easter originate?
From The Two Babylons by Alexander Hislop, page 103 – “Easter is nothing else than Astarte, one of the titles of Beltis, the queen of heaven, whose name, as pronounced by the people of Nineveh, was evidently identical with that now in common use in this country. That name, as found by Layard (Nineveh and Babylon, page 629) on the Assyrian monuments, is Ishtar. The worship of Beltis and Astarte was very early introduced into Britain, along with the Druids, ‘the priests of the groves’.” From page 104 – “Astarte was also adored by our ancestors, and that from Astarte, whose name in Nineveh was Ishtar, the religious solemnities of April, as now practiced, are called by the name of Easter – that month, among our Pagan ancestors, having been called Easter-monath.” From Funk and Wagnalls New Encyclopedia, 1973, pages 268-269 – “Easter, a Christian festival, embodies many pre-Christian traditions. The origin of its name is unknown. Scholars, however, accepting the derivation proposed by the ei
