Easter的词源

英文词源

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Old English Easterdæg, from Eastre (Northumbrian Eostre), from Proto-Germanic *austron-, "dawn," also the name of a goddess of fertility and spring, perhaps originally of sunrise, whose feast was celebrated at the spring equinox, from *aust- "east, toward the sunrise" (compare east), from PIE *aus- (1) "to shine" (especially of the dawn); see aurora.

Bede says Anglo-Saxon Christians adopted her name and many of the celebratory practices for their Mass of Christ's resurrection. Almost all neighboring languages use a variant of Latin Pascha to name this holiday (see paschal). Easter egg attested by 1825, earlier pace egg (1610s). Easter bunny attested by 1904 in children's lessons; Easter rabbit is by 1888; the paganish customs of Easter seem to have grown popular c. 1900; before that they were limited to German immigrants.
If the children have no garden, they make nests in the wood-shed, barn, or house. They gather colored flowers for the rabbit to eat, that it may lay colored eggs. If there be a garden, the eggs are hidden singly in the green grass, box-wood, or elsewhere. On Easter Sunday morning they whistle for the rabbit, and the children imagine that they see him jump the fence. After church, on Easter Sunday morning, they hunt the eggs, and in the afternoon the boys go out in the meadows and crack eggs or play with them like marbles. Or sometimes children are invited to a neighbor's to hunt eggs. [Phebe Earle Gibbons, "Pennsylvania Dutch," Philadelphia 1882]

中文词源

Easter(复活节):庆祝黎明女神的节日

复活节是为了纪念耶稣被钉上十字架,3天后死而复活的基督教节日。它是基督教与古代 异教风俗的结合物。复活节(Easter)一词源于盎格鲁撒克逊民族神话中黎明女神的名字Eastre,本意是“黎明”,与表示“东方”的east同源。 古代英国人庆祝黎明女神的节日在春分左右,与基督教中庆祝耶稣复活的节日在时间上很接近。基督教传入英国后,教会就用用“复活节”来替代原来的黎明女神节 日,并沿用了原来的名字。因此在英语中复活节就被称为Easter。

历史学家根据《圣经》和先进以色列人逾越节的日期,推算出在春分日(3月21日)之后月满后的第一个星期天就是《圣经》中讲到耶稣复活的日子。由于每年的春分日都不固定,所以每年的复活节的具体日期也是不确定的。但节期大致在3月22日至4月25日之间。

在英国,人们庆祝复活节的很多活动都源自以前庆祝黎明女神节日的传统做法,如著名的复活节彩蛋。

Easter: ['i:stə] n.复活节

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:Easter 词源,Easter 含义。

Easter:复活节

来自PIE*aus, 光照,照耀,词源同aurora, aureate. 原为日耳曼春天女神,于春分举行庆祝仪式。因其庆祝日期以及其蕴含的意义恰好与耶稣复活相对应,最终该节日演变成复活节。

Easter:(基督教)复活节  

Easter在古英语原作Eastre。基督教传入英国以前,古代日耳曼民族黎明女神Eostre/Eastre受祭的节日就称Eastre。该词是从east ‘east’(东)派生的。由于纪念“耶稣复活”的节日和这个节日同在春分或春分后,所以在基督教传入英国后,Eastre即被传教士借用来指“复活节”,后来演变为Easter。