Happy Ishtar Day Lol life Entry posted by Bundalings April 12, 2009 595 views Share More sharing options... Followers 0 ... What? BtB
Noda Miki Posted April 12, 2009 Oh I finally get this entry! I thought Ishtar was like some guy whose birthday it was today! Quote Link to comment
Bundalings Posted April 12, 2009 Oh I finally get this entry! I thought Ishtar was like some guy whose birthday it was today! Naw, I just started saying Happy Ishtar instead of Happy Easter. BtB Quote Link to comment
cags//cunninghat/2x2b Posted April 13, 2009 you wont get this *checks image name* Quote Link to comment
mercenary vahki Posted April 13, 2009 assuming correct also it has a smiley face Quote Link to comment
ToM Dracone Posted April 13, 2009 You are aware, I hope, that Ishtar is the Sumerian goddess of love? Though, Easter probably was originally a festival of the goddes Ostara (or Eostre), which is where the name comes from. And the rabbits and eggs, probably. Quote Link to comment
Bundalings Posted April 13, 2009 The way I heard it (but you probably know better), is that Ishtar was the Babalonian goddess of fertility, and she turned a bird (or something) into a egg laying rabbit to prove her divinity. Dunno. BtB Quote Link to comment
ToM Dracone Posted April 13, 2009 Yeah. That's not it. "Easter" comes from the goddess Eostre (spelled Ostara elsewhere), a germanic goddess of the dawn. Her festival was held in springtime and was, as with all celebrations of Spring, connected to rebirth and fertility, hence the eggs. As far as I've heard, no one knows exactly where the rabbits came from. However, they're also connected with spring celebrations. Fertility and all that. Quote Link to comment
Bundalings Posted April 13, 2009 That makes more sense. But rabbits do have lotsa babies. >_> BtB Quote Link to comment
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