The Leveret

Writes Brigit Anna McNeill . . . B eautiful and growthful Ostara is here. A time where birds sing plants awake, where bumble bees begin ...

See also the previous posts: • The Original Easter “Bunny” • Easter Bunny or Eostre Hare? • Easter Hare (2011) • Symbol of Enlightenmen...

See also the previous posts: • The Original Easter “Bunny” • Easter Bunny or Eostre Hare? • Easter Hare (2011) • Symbol of Enlightenmen...

The following is excerpted from " The Hare Is the Original Easter 'Bunny' " by Stephen Colton (The Irish Times, March 26,...

Writes Roger Meyer . . . S tores in the spring time display all manner of Easter Bunny decorations and pictures and chocolate bunnies alo...

See also the previous posts: • Hare at Eastertide • Easter Hare • Symbol of Enlightenment • Eostre: Goddess of New Life Beginnings • T...

See also the previous posts: • Easter Hare • Symbol of Enlightenment • Eostre: Goddess of New Life Beginnings • The Goddess Ostara • R...

See also the previous posts: • Origins of the Easter Bunny • The Easter Hare • Eostre: Goddess of New Life Beginnings • The Goddess Ost...

The following was first published at The Holiday Spot . T he bountiful Easter bunnies have become the most favorite Easter symbol. It...

There are two equinoxes every year – in March and September – when the sun shines directly on the equator and the length of day and night i...

Image: Wendy Andrew . See also the previous posts: Eostre – Goddess of New Life Beginnings The Easter Hare Remembering Eostre Cel...

The following is excerpted from Swain Wodening's essay on the Goddess Eostre. This essay was first published at Wednesbury Shire of ...

According to Bede the name of the Christian festival of Easter was adopted from an Anglo-Saxon goddess called Eostre , spelt by other wri...

Like a hare springing erect and bounding exuberantly across a dew-kissed field, the beauty and energy of the aroused male embodies the bu...

Eastre (a.k.a. Eostre) was the Great Mother Goddess of the Saxon people of Northern Europe. Her name was derived from the ancient word for s...

I am movement towards becoming expanding enhancing the impulse deep within all being to develop evolve press onward to fulfill all that is ...

Hares and rabbits have long-standing associations with spring, especially the month of March. Both hares and rabbits are lagomorphs (not ro...

The beautiful artwork above and the following excerpt are from the website of artist Mickie Mueller. ____________________________ The Godd...

I find it fascinating that just as the hare, throughout history and across cultures, has been considered sacred by some yet “unclean” by oth...