SHORED FRAGMENTS: The name 'Easter' and internet misinformation. My St. Andrews colleague Steven R. Holmes has researched the origins of the word "Easter." Short version: It's not from Bede's (otherwise unknown) goddess Eostre, it's the Indo-European word for April, the month when the "dawn" comes earlier.
Via James McGrath: Myths, Messiahs, and Minimalisms.