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In pagan times an annual spring festival was held in her honor.” (Easter, Compton's Encyclopedia, 1978) “According to the Venerable Bede, the name Easter derived from the pagan spring festival of the Anglo-Saxon goddess Eostre.” (Academic American Encyclopedia, 1982) "Ēostre or Ostara is the namesake of the festival of Easter. ................
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