tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post8657683462361469341..comments2024-03-29T00:04:32.434-05:00Comments on Althouse: "It is noteworthy that among the Germanic languages the word (as the name for Easter) is restricted to English and German..."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82301804115621311922013-03-31T21:26:41.590-05:002013-03-31T21:26:41.590-05:00Forgetting where we are for a moment and who we...Forgetting where we are for a moment and who we're up against here, what the hell is wrong with celebrating fertility, sex, and goddesses? chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26128509979730844862013-03-31T13:28:00.276-05:002013-03-31T13:28:00.276-05:00Reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European gives us the...Reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European gives us the name of a common goddess of the dawn, Hausos, who survived in various Indo-European languages — Greek (Eos), Latin (Aurora), Slavic (Zorya), and Sanskrit (Ushas). <br /><br />Applying the sound drifts the other way, from PIE forward, we find that the Indo-European language of Old English would call that goddess something similar to "Eostre".<br /><br />Not to say Bede couldn't have made it up, but it would have been quite the coincidence if he did.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05138730966226244399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80943250649451399662013-03-31T12:32:32.922-05:002013-03-31T12:32:32.922-05:00I had heard that the German Ostern (and thus Easte...I had heard that the German Ostern (and thus Easter) came from the same root as Aufersthehung (Resurrection). <br /><br />From a footnote in Cruse's translation of Eusebius:<br /><br /><i>Our word Easter is of Saxon origin, and of precisely the same import with its German cognate Ostern. The latter is derived from the old Teutonic form of auferstehn, Auferstehung, i. e. resurrection. The name Easter is undoubtedly preferable to pascha or passover, but the latter was the primitive name.</i><br /><br />I mean, who knows? Etymologies, especially of the most basic words, are often difficult to recover. They're not even sure of the roots of the f-bomb.<br /><br />Why do I hear Mahler in the background?YoungHegelianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02723316130501823658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-56763990063665762602013-03-31T12:30:28.949-05:002013-03-31T12:30:28.949-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.YoungHegelianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02723316130501823658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67279974223551866072013-03-31T12:16:58.413-05:002013-03-31T12:16:58.413-05:00Related:
Happy Easter, Which is Not Named After I...Related:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/29/happy-easter-which-is-not-named-after-ishtar-okay.html" rel="nofollow">Happy Easter, Which is Not Named After Ishtar, Okay?</a>Paco Wovéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00053886112561036768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47506688367051108472013-03-31T11:43:28.929-05:002013-03-31T11:43:28.929-05:00in most European languages, the usual word for Eas...<i>in most European languages, the usual word for Easter is derived from the corresponding word for the Jewish Passover; compare <b>pasch n</b> </i><br /><br />Of course, I mentally pronounced 'pasch n' as 'passion' and thought of the 'passion of Christ' which refers to the final hours of Christ's life at Passover. Connected, I suppose.<br /><br />I also wonder if there is a connection between Easter and 'estrus' the season of heat for most female mammals, which is often associated with Spring.Astrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588265716990310130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58083853256838014142013-03-31T11:22:03.861-05:002013-03-31T11:22:03.861-05:00Pagan goddess or clear and bright?
Both. Here she...<i>Pagan goddess or clear and bright?</i><br /><br />Both. Here she is...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eos" rel="nofollow">Eos</a>.chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16104501870658290502013-03-31T11:13:19.090-05:002013-03-31T11:13:19.090-05:00Luther desperately set about to to de-Catholicize ...<i>Luther desperately set about to to de-Catholicize Germans before the Italians in Rome succeeded in murdering him like they had Hus.</i><br /><br />Martin Luther wasn't murdered. He died of illness.<br /><br />PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68981324209361033852013-03-31T10:25:31.311-05:002013-03-31T10:25:31.311-05:00Etymology is very much guesswork too. The Roman Ch... Etymology is very much guesswork too. The Roman Church's sole language was Latin, until the first great German Language book came out which was Luther's translation of the Bible.<br /><br />Luther desperately set about to to de-Catholicize Germans before the Italians in Rome succeeded in murdering him like they had Hus.traditionalguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706120413005530014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8283608599602308412013-03-31T09:49:31.202-05:002013-03-31T09:49:31.202-05:00Etymology!!
I read and study German just so I can...Etymology!!<br /><br />I read and study German just so I can find these....well....Easter eggs.<br /><br />In English, we have the phrase "torn asunder". Asunder comes from the German auseinander - "out of one another".<br /><br />Ursprache!! More fun than sentences from Gatsby!!madAsHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01149940549262340795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59935112103399202492013-03-31T09:39:53.435-05:002013-03-31T09:39:53.435-05:00Interesting. The Romance languages use a variant o...Interesting. The Romance languages use a variant of Pesach.<br /><br />Paques - French<br /><br />Pascuas - Spanish<br /><br />Pasqua - Italian.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76467706123554504152013-03-31T09:26:30.189-05:002013-03-31T09:26:30.189-05:00Rose fingered Aurora.
That's her.
Some of he...Rose fingered Aurora.<br /><br />That's her.<br /><br />Some of her attributes were merged with those of the Virgin Mary.sabeth.chuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00803871929841424342noreply@blogger.com