== 理論と解釈 ==
===Jacob Grimmヤコブ・グリム ===
In his 1835 {{lang|de|[[Deutsche Mythologie]]|italic=yes}}, [[Jacob Grimm]] cites comparative evidence to reconstruct a potential [[continental Germanic mythology|continental Germanic goddess]] whose name would have been preserved in the [[Old High German]] name of Easter, *{{lang|goh|Ostara}}. Addressing skepticism towards goddesses mentioned by Bede, Grimm comments that "there is nothing improbable in them, nay the first of them is justified by clear traces in the vocabularies of Germanic tribes."<ref name=GRIMM289>Grimm (1882:289).</ref> Specifically regarding {{lang|ang|Ēostre|italic=no}}, Grimm continues that:
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