On 4/20/2014 11:32 AM, salyavin808 wrote:
Richard, why would Dawkins do that?!
He probably googled it. It's hardly an uncommon belief.
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The pagan goddess Ishtar isn't mentioned on Wikipedia entry for Ishtar
or Easter or for Easter Egg. And you won't find such a connection in
Grimm or in Campbell's Masks of God series. That's because Ishtar has no
relation to Easter. Ishtar's symbols are the lion, the gate and the
eight-pointed star, not eggs or rabbits. Easter is in fact connected to
Passover, which is a different day every year.
Campbell, Joseph. The Masks of God: Occidental Mythology. New York:
Penguin Books, 1976
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