Easter Sunday is a time when the Christians of the world are celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, whilst Christians and non-Christians alike will no doubt be feasting on chocolate eggs.
The consumption of chocolate eggs is certainly not a Christian tradition and historians and Biblical scholars will universally admit that before ever becoming a Christian holiday, Easter is undoubtedly a pagan festival.
This can be seen by the fact that the date of Easter weekend changes every year and it is due to Easter always being the first Sunday following the Full Moon after the Spring Equinox.
Unlike the word Christmas, the Word Easter is also has pagan roots and history books can trace it to the Saxons, where Eastra was the Spring Goddess. It wasn’t until the 8th century when the Anglo-Saxons took the name from the goddess and married her up with the resurrection of Jesus to form the new Christian holiday of Easter.
Easter as a celebration goes back much further than the Saxons and some say it evens goes as far back as the Sumerians and the legend of Damuzi (or Tammuz) and Ishtar (or Inanna). The legend known as 'The Descent of Inanna' was found inscribed on a 4,100 year old clay tablet. As Tammuz dies, Ishtar follows him into the underworld where she gets judged, killed and is hung on display. Meanwhile the earth goes into decline with crops failing, animals stop reproducing. Watch the video to find out more.
A lot of the information in this video comes from the brilliant article by Joanna Gillian from Ancient Origins and you can read this now at [ Ссылка ] for more detailed information.
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