" Spring is a sign that winter is truly over. Light is conquering darkness, though here they are of equal length. Ostara (also spelled . . . Eostre and Eostra) was the Angol-Saxon goddess of spring. When the Christians borrowed this part of paganism they renamed it Easter. The Easter egg and Easter rabbit come from the fact that Ostara was a fertility goddess, with eggs and rabbits (or hares) symbols of fertility." From Wicca For One by Raymond Buckland
