The Art of Nature - Germany | The spiritual Meaning of March and it's Germanic/Bavarian Feasts @theartofnaturegermany | Uploaded March 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Welcome to the second episode of the spiritual meanings of the months in roman and Germanic paganism, Christianity and today’s German culture. The origin of the name of the month March lays again in ancient roman paganism, as the god Mars was worshiped during this time of the year. In Germanic paganism there was one important feast during March - Ostara, the feast of the goddess of the dawn and fertility, that was celebrated on and around the equinox. During the celebration of Ostara eggs and bunnies were important fertility symbols and that's where the customs of the easter bunny and the colored easter eggs are coming from. With Christianity the symbol of the easter lamp was added, as it stood for Jesus being slaughtered like a lamp. Today we celebrate easter in rural south Germany with colored eggs and a lamp shaped cake that the priest blesses in church before we eat it at a festive family easter breakfast. Between Fasching and easter there is also the Christian tradition of the fasting time, where in medieval ages meat was strictly forbidden... well not that strictly, as the monks and the catholic church invented all kinds of things and strange rules to bypass the restrictions, like very strong beer, schwäbische Maultaschen or the rule that beavers are fish and not meat.
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Welcome to the second episode of the spiritual meanings of the months in roman and Germanic paganism, Christianity and today’s German culture. The origin of the name of the month March lays again in ancient roman paganism, as the god Mars was worshiped during this time of the year. In Germanic paganism there was one important feast during March - Ostara, the feast of the goddess of the dawn and fertility, that was celebrated on and around the equinox. During the celebration of Ostara eggs and bunnies were important fertility symbols and that's where the customs of the easter bunny and the colored easter eggs are coming from. With Christianity the symbol of the easter lamp was added, as it stood for Jesus being slaughtered like a lamp. Today we celebrate easter in rural south Germany with colored eggs and a lamp shaped cake that the priest blesses in church before we eat it at a festive family easter breakfast. Between Fasching and easter there is also the Christian tradition of the fasting time, where in medieval ages meat was strictly forbidden... well not that strictly, as the monks and the catholic church invented all kinds of things and strange rules to bypass the restrictions, like very strong beer, schwäbische Maultaschen or the rule that beavers are fish and not meat.
My PATREON page, where I upload some bonus content and my series about how I craft my Youtube videos. Check it out and join there if you want to support my craft and connect with me in a private setting. I would be incredibly thankful!
patreon.com/user?u=43168733&fan_landing=true
INSTAGRAM:
instagram.com/theartofnature_germany/?hl=de
My whole EQUIPMENT I shoot my videos with:
bit.ly/3qugtOC
SUSTAINABLE products, traditional GERMAN CHRISTMAS decorations and more of my favourites:
kit.co/Art-of-Nature-Germany
The MUSIC in this video is from Epidemic Sound
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