Why called Easter?
Moving forward in history, to a time several centuries after The birth of Christ, we find The heathen populace of Europe still observing This annual spring festival to The goddess of dawn or spring. But now she was known by another name – Eostre. The name Sunna had merely been The localized German name, which was now changed to The more general name Eostre. Here is what happened. During other previous centuries, vast numbers of people from Persia and Assyria had settled on The European mainland. These Eastern people were also worshipping a spring goddess. There celebration likewise coincided with beginning of spring. In fact even colored eggs were associated with their spring festival. The ancient Persians, when they depict The festival of the solar new year in March, mutually presented each other with colored eggs. The spring festival of these Eastern immigrants was identical to the festival the Germanic people celebrated. There was only one difference. The name of their goddess was I
