Themis skrev 2013-03-28 09:06:46 följande:
Bara läst TS.
Du, jag firar fruktbarhetsgudinnan Ishtar (Astarte) (Engelskt uttal Easter), som hade bl a kaniner och ägg som symboler (tror du verkligen att de två sakerna handlar om nåt annat än sex?) och fanns långt innan kristendomen försökte kopiera in sig och ta över hennes högtid.
"Easter was never observed by the Apostles of Christ or Christ's Religion. "The name 'Easter' comes to us from the mythlogical writings of the Ancient Teucrians (who lived 1200BC along the southern coast of Palestine) where it's known as 'Ostern'" BY GROVER STEVENS.
"The name 'Easter' is merely the slightly changed English spelling of the name of the ancient Assyrian and Babylonian idol goddess, Ishtar (pronounced eesh-tar).
" WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY says "Easter is from the pre-historic name of a pagan spring festival.
" THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH ETYMOLOGY says, "Easter is derived from the name of goddess whose feast was celebrated at the vernal equinox."
THE SCHOLARY NEW SCHAFF-HERZOG RELIGIOUS ENCYCLOPEDIA says, "This goddess is also widely known as Astarte...The cult originated in Babylonia and spread to Assyria, Mesopotamia, Syria & Palestine, then through the Phoenicians to all of the Meditteranean peoples...Ishtar was in fact primarily and chiefly identified as Venus, the most beautiful of celestial objects & from the terrestrial side, the primarily motive of the worship of Ishtar was the impulse to deify sensuous and sensuality."
ALEXANDER HISLOP SAYS IN THE TWO BABYLONS (P.103), "Easter bears its Chaldean origin on its forehead. Easter is nothing else than Asarte, one of the titles of Beltis, the queen of heaven..."
answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080318...Väldigt intressant. Påsken har alltså en historia lik julens, där en hednisk högtid har förvandlats till en kristen högtid.
När det gäller själva namnen på högtiderna är det dock lite tvärt om.
Svenskan har, på slingriga vägar, övertagit det judiska ordet pesach, som blivit påsk.
Engelskan har kvar det hedniska easter.
Svenskan har behållit det hedniska jul.
Engelskan använder huvudsakligen Christmas, även om yule och yuletide också finns i språket.