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Thursday, March 30, 2006
Observe ancient clash of symbols
The Christian festival of Easter celebrates the resurrection of Christ, but originally Easter was called Pascha, after the Hebrew word for passover. This was replaced by Easter, which evolved from Eostre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of fertility and springtime.
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