Spring in Pop Culture
Disney once made a short depicting a spring goddess based on the myth of Persephone, where Hades was depicted as this mythic figure.
The Devil
This mix of various ancient pagan holiday customs is often celebrated with masks and influenced several accounts of the wild hunt.
Carnival
May Day is known as the holiday of this now defunct profession, whose workers were once considered Lucky and dressed up as Jack of the Green.
Chimney Sweeping, Chimney Sweeps, Chimney Sweepers
Eostre is mentioned very rarely in old texts, her most notable mention is in The Reckoning of Time by this famous author.
This common Easter game involves tapping the hard boiled eggs together until one breaks, with the winner keeping both.
Egg Tapping, Dumping, Shackling, Jarping
In the 2011 Easter Film Hop, E.B. Runs away from home to pursue his dream of becoming this.
a Drummer
This Christianized version of Imbolc is the precursor to Groundhog Day.
Candlemas
This Slavic God holds the doors to the spirit realm open on the same day as Witches Night in Germany.
Veles
This horned German lunar goddess is almost always conflated with Eostre.
Ostara
In Germany along with the Easter Egg hunt they also hang their eggs from this.
The Easter Tree
In the film Rise of the Guardians the Easter Bunny is of this nationality.
Australian
This Winter and Mother goddess is burned in Effigy in Poland to welcome Spring.
Marzanna
This Slavic God of Fertility leads the Wild Hunt in The Czech Republic.
Yarillo, Jarillo
Eostre is often believed to have been hidden in this famous Fairy Tale.
Briar Rose, Sleeping Beauty, Sun Moon and Talia
This Wendish Group paints ancient pagan symbols on their eggs including the tree of life.
Sorbians
An attempt in Australia was made to replace the Easter bunny with this Australian animal, it did not take off.
A Bilby, Rabbit-Bandicoot
The Day Before May Day in Germany.
Walpurgisnacht, Hexennacht, Witch's Night, Walpurgis Night
This Folkloric Hero is also the May King and heavily influenced by numerous English Gods.
Robin Hood, Robin Wode
Eostre is often mistakenly thought of as the goddess of dawn for all of the Germanics. This male deity is actually the god of the dawn in the Edda's.
Dellingr
In a story told in England about the Hare and Eostre, Eostre loves the gift from the Hare most of all not because it was fancy but because...
It was everything he had
This famous Easter song was written by the same minds who came up with Frosty the Snowman.
Here comes Peter Cottontail
This Eastern Slavic holiday is celebrating the end of winter.
Maslenitsa
This sacred animal of the fertility goddess Harke was also the stand in for the Bear in Germany for Imbolc after the bear was extirpated from the land.
Badger
This sacred site in the Teutoburg forest is associated with Ostara.
Externsteine
The Wolves Teeth Pattern on Pysansky denotes which two virtuous traits?
Loyalty and Wisdom