Religion: Passover & Easter

In the spring long ago North European pagans used taboos to bring the gods' favor on their crops. When the green shoots showed, they celebrated the festival of Eostre. Meantime along the Mediterranean dark followers of Attis, Isis, Osiris, Mithras worshiped a god who was born of a virgin and one who died and rose from the dead.

And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them...

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