No.4312
The word Ostara is just one of the names applied to the celebration of the spring equinox on March 21. The Venerable Bede said the origin of the word is actually from Eostre, a Germanic goddess of spring.Easter - A Pagan Celebrationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tihearwe3Uchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3x_bDlt9r4Spring Equinox Music Videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLCXrBooYo4 ____________________________
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No.4313
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No.4314
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No.4338
Girl from Heidelberg, creating a Sommertagsstecken (1948).The Sommertagsstecken (Summersday’ Stick) symbolizes the new life and thus the beginning of a new cycle. Each village celebrates this festival (“Sommertagszug”) shortly before Easter, usually on the third Sunday prior Easter.http://artamanen.tumblr.com/post/113731165559/hyperb0rean-girl-from-heidelberg-creating Disclaimer: this post and the subject matter and contents thereof - text, media, or otherwise - do not necessarily reflect the views of the 8kun administration.
No.4340
just call it easter, don't be a larper anon
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No.4359
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No.4757
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Thousands flocked to a hillside on the outskirts of Luegde, North Rhine-Westphalia, Easter Sunday, to watch flames roar in a 3000 year-old pagan ritual called 'Osterraederlauf', which involves setting fire to wheels stuffed with hay, and rolling them down a hill.
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No.9854
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No.9882
Ayy lads, four days until the equinox. What ideas and plans are had for appropriate celebration? Whether you're calling her Eostre or Ostara, what rituals do you have lined up?
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No.9954
Eostre tomorrow goys. I have only my blood to give. What will you be doing?
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No.9958
>>9882
>>9882
I'm going to paint some eggs and then eat them tbh
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No.9963
>>9954
I thought Ostara was on the 21st this year?
Does anyone have an actual calendar marked for a typical year, or are we still waiting for something like that?
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No.9980
How do I celebrate Ostara? I'm pretty new to Asatru. I will be alone as well.
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No.9981
>>9980
From what I understand, the eggs and rabbit stuff is still applicable to Ostara since the Christians stole it, and all.
Sacrificing to the gods wouldn't hurt, either. It doesn't need to be hefty, though. Only if you want it to be.
So go get a chocolate rabbit and leave some food near your shrine if you have one or in the forest for your ancestors.
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No.9982
>>9981
Ah. Just like how I used to celebrate "easter".
Also how do I build a shrine? Thought that shit was for wiccans. If I don't have the time or money, ill leave some food in the forest (or the woods).
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No.9983
>>9982
>Thought that shit was for wiccans.
Nah, our ancestors built places of worship to honor the gods.
My suggestion is to get your hands on some hand-carved idols of gods that resonate with you the most (Thor, Odin, Frigga, etc.).
Doesn't have to be elaborate, it could be in the corner of your home somewhere.
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No.9985
>>9983
I think Odin would be good for me. When I get this Altar or Shrine up- what else do I do? Just leave food there quietly or do I have to say something?
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No.9986
>>9985
You could pray. It isn't exclusive to the semite cults.
But do be aware, prayer for the gods isn't groveling or self-flaggelation. It's like having a conversation with your kin, as if they're coming over for a visit.
Remember, Odin is called the Allfather for a reason.
You can leave offerings of food if you'd like (I suggest pouring out libations if you can).
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No.9987
HAPPY OSTARA
How did your offerings and days go? I set up a makeshift altar with my Hammer and Valknut pendants and a cup on the windowsill and made an offering of some beer (it was all I could get my hands on). Then I brought the cup outside and poured out an offering on the ground, and thought about the importance of family today; specifically, what my family means to me and how I can keep our bonds strong.
I sometimes have weird dreams after giving offerings, so if I do, that probably means I fucked up somehow (or I did something really right). I'll see what happens come morning.
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No.9988
>>9987
Happy Ostara, friend.
I'm probably going to pour out some wine for the gods tomorrow don't get too fussy, I don't have any mead.
I don't have any pendants or statues yet, so I'll probably spend some time outside in nature.
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No.9989
>>9986
Sounds good. But what if I'm under the age to drink? (19 atm).
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No.9990
>>9989
Work with what you can.
Remember, the gods don't need you to be a groveling slave. You're their kinsman.
If you offer anything freely without being stingy, they'll smile upon you.
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No.9995
>>9987
that's an awesome picture man, do you happen to know the artist?
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No.10029
File: 1458682153750.jpg (Spoiler Image,623.51 KB,1490x1110,149:111,1450878012256-1.jpg)
>>9995
I am pretty sure it's Vsevolod Ivanov
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No.10142
>>9987
>>9987
This evening i gathered together for a celebratory feast and also drank a healthy portion of egg liqueur with my blood kinsfolk, even the ones i dislike or whom i know always want to take center stage for themselves with their little bullshit stories from everyday life, it was pretty dank overall because it's nice to have a place to feel accepted and blend into, this is why our germanic ancestors valued the family unit so much aswell
Hail to the gods, and may everyone in here have a fulfilling Ostara tonight
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No.10181
>>9995
>>10029
Yep, It's Vsevolod. Got a whole folder of his work.
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No.10184
>>10181
Eastern germanics were truly advanced
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No.10186
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No.14307
New Ostara celebrations soon fuckers
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No.14324
Welp I guess I fucked this one up. I was planning to celebrate Ostara on Easter day by making offerings to Ostara and Freyr, I didn't know it was celebrated at the start of spring. Serves me right for not reading up enough. It wasn't all bad though, I remember making an offering to the land wights at round about the start of Spring, do you guys think that's okay?
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No.14325
Can we get a pinned post for every major calendar holiday?
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No.14328
Ostara is a false god born from 19th century speculation and kept alife by clueless Wiccan shits.
>>14324
Dont bother.
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No.14330
>>14328
Mh my memory betrayed me a bit and I inflated Grimms misstep concerning the name ostara which is made up with the legitimacy of the associated being as a whole.
So ill backpedal and simply adivice to think twice about accepting all sources about her as there are loads of associated forgerys and conflicting points of view. More so then with other gods.
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No.14331
>>14328
Even the offering to Freyr?
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No.14333
>>14331
Offering something itself cant be wrong.
Thing about freyr in particular is that he is was originally a vanir who got elevated later on as he was important to the scandinavians, that means one of the oldest more local gods that were worshipped before the indoeuropeans moved in and mingled with the locals, brining along the aesir (lingually meaning literally post/pole aka a god whose worship is not bound by land and whose idol you can take along.) That is supported by aesir often having indian equivalents and vanirs not+associations to the earth and fields. Some of the few depictions of him show him with an erected cock-a quiete archaic symbol for fertility.
Easterrites are a paneuropean/continental phenomen. Freyr not really. Combining the two might fit from the overall thematic(fertility+spring)-but if it was done that way is highly questionable.
Im not as arrogant as that I believe to know about how deities react or what they want percieve and what not. So I would not peck on you because of that but if you got some source that advised to do so Id like to see it.
Now, you might worry about having missed the date-be mindful that spring is a rather broad term not as restricted and punctual as solstice and the julnights and that the communities of the antique while being in tune with the months and the year mostly saw time from an agricultural perspective. Climate in the baltics is a bit different from climate and time in england, so people probably praised the arrival of spring at slightly differing times too. You seem to be an individual practitioner so sincerity and faith itself tops being sure about the exact day in the month imho.
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No.14334
>>14333
Oh I'm not going for any deep meaning or combination, it's just that Easter has always struck me as a celebration of fertility (eggs, chicks, lambs etc.) and that generally falls under his influence. He just seems relevant to the occasion is all
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No.14335
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hausos
What to think of this?
East/Osten seems to be mutually interchangable with the dawn and shining meaning as the latter starts in the east with sunrise. Might that be the spring-godess Bedas the monk meant? The whole thing only hangs from this christians goodwill at remembering the name in the 7th century rightly from whatever people told him whose grandparents parents still had worshipped like this.
>>14334
Ah I see.
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No.14337
>>14328
>>14328
>All this christkike salt and false-flagging
>le false god xD
No it's not, it's an authentic pagan germanic godess. And you have to go back now
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No.14338
>>14337
>one christian chronicle guy named Breda from the 7th century mentions eostre once
>1100 years later Grimm, saying himself that you have to trust Breda wholly as there is no other source
>Thinks about the german word Ostern, proposes "Ostara" as a reconstructed word
100% authenthic pagan germanic ancient european godess, I see.
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No.14340
>>14338
Breda? His name was Bede you dipshit. And why are English & German two of the few languages where it's called "Easter" and not a variant of "passover"?
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No.14390
Prayer to Ostara, the Germanic Goddess of Spring
We hail the Goddess of spring,
of vibrancy, of stirring bounty,
of the waking earth,
that readies itself for the seed.
We hail the Goddess of sunshine,
and cycles, and changes,
and all good and terrifying things.
We pray for fertility in our works,
of minds, and hearts, and hands.
We pray for blessings,
and the gift
of hope’s manifestation.
We hail the Goddess of spring,
as Her bounty covers the land.
Eostre, be Thou praised.
>renegadetribune.com/prayer-goddess-spring/
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No.14393
What Ostara loot did you get fams?
Me personally i got 40 bucks and three different bags with chocolate treats heh
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No.14396
>>14393
I got $20 (that I split to the children) a watermelon, and a shitload of chocolate and peanuts.
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No.14400
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No.16609
Only two weeks to go fuckers
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No.16648
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No.19193
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No.19204
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Found this great and beautiful animation about Eostre.
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No.19247
>>19204
i was gonna make fun of the animation aesthetic in this video, but i can appreciate that a ton of effort and creative ability went into this
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No.19258
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