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[–] Psaldorn@lemmy.world 58 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And that Easter is a co-opted pagan holiday for fertility (eggs, rabbits)

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[–] NIB@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It is called Pascha(in greek/latin). It is only called Easter in english and german, but Pascha is the OG term. Pascha is used in the majority of european languages, including germanic ones like swedish, danish and norwegian.