When's it gonna be Wester?

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Well, today is Easter. On what day is Wester gonna be?

Not to mention norther, and souther.

Probably tomorrow.

I read that Easter got its name from a Germanic goddess named Eostre. In pictures they show her bringing down beams of light from the heavens and being surrounded by icons of nature or fertility, like hares and eggs.

ah yes, the infamous aspie humor

When I was a kid I thought that since the north wind brought winter, then the east wind must bring spring. Ha, that rhymed. But as I got older I thought the south wind must bring warm weather, since it's warmer down there, and I live in the eastern side of the country where the temperature is cooler than the western side is.

I made up and illustrated a children's story for Easter where the North and South winds are personified. The North Wind is a scary, frosty humanoid while the South Wind is a beautiful fairy-like creature. I called them wind-beings or wind- gods.

I have to admit that I've never even thought of that east part of Easter.....

Move to Norway, then you can celebrate påske instead, which has nothing to do with directions

forget wester, what about eastest???


the most east of easts?????

East and Easter are probably related words.


The Anglo Saxon goddess Eostre, or Ostara, was also the goddess of dawn. So of course a goddess of dawn would come at you from the east. The Christian holiday is the celebration of Christ Resurrection grafted on to the older Pagan celebration of the rebirth of nature in spring (hence the fertility symbols like bunnies and eggs). Birth is associated with the east (like death in most cultures is linked to the west where the sun sets).

That is so unfair!

I guess Norther would be Christmas and Souther would be Canada Day. Wester would be Thanksgiving.

^ maybe in Canada.

Here Souther would likely be Sankthans and there wouldn't really be a Wester. Maybe All Saints' Day...

"Souther" would be a celebration of the birth of Linda Rondstadt because most of her hit songs were written by J.D. Souther.