Actually, that's not even true. In most of the world it's called Pascha, after Hebrew "Pesach" a.k.a. Passover. It's only called "Easter" in English-speaking countries, because of an association with the Germanic goddess of spring and the dawn, Eostre, probably in the course of missionary activity.
If anything, it's an example of how Christianity totally defeated and plundered paganism.
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Date: 2013-03-26 02:12 pm (UTC)If anything, it's an example of how Christianity totally defeated and plundered paganism.