Eostre (also spelled Ēostre or Ostara) is a Germanic spring goddess associated with dawn, renewal, fertility, and the returning light of the year. She stands at the threshold between winter and spring—the moment when the world wakes back up. Origins & Historical Evidence Our earliest written reference to Eostre comes from Bede, an 8th-century English monk. In De Temporum Ratione (“The Reckoning of Time”), Bede explains that the Anglo-Saxons named a spring month Ēosturmōnaþ after a goddess called