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Originally Posted by Charity
The reason it's called Easter is because the Germanic people that were converted to Christianity worshipped a goddess called Eostre. Even though the Christians often went out of their ways to convert, they left names alone. Today is still Tuesday afterall!
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This is true in one sense, but it doesn't go against anything I said either.
But if that were completely true then why isn't Yule called Yule? Why is it called Christmas? Why is Beltane called Candlemas or May Day? Why is Easter the only holiday where the name hasn't changed? The answers are more complicated than just that they didn't bother to change the name when they "converted" people, which is really a nice way of saying "forced". lol