Feasts to her and her earlier German cognate were accompanied by singing, rejoicing, processionals, flowers, and the ringing of bells.  
St. Bede the Venerable declared that the name derived from an Anglo-Saxon goddess whose name meant "Radiant Dawn".  Feasts to her and her earlier German cognate were accompanied by singing, rejoicing, processionals, flowers, and the ringing of bells.  Her cult customs of lighting new fires at dawn for crop protection and healing still exist among some European agricultural communities.  Her myths identify her consort as a rabbit.  For 10 points, who was this goddess whose name Christians appropriated for their sound-alike central holiday?
St. Bede the Venerable declared that the name derived from an Anglo-Saxon goddess whose name meant "Radiant Dawn".  
Easter or Eastre (accept Eostre or Ostara)