Ēostre or Ostara (Old English: Ēastre or , Northumbrian dialect Ēastro , Mercian dialect and West Saxon dialect (Old English) Ēostre ; Old High German: *Ôstara ) is a Germanic goddess who, by way of the Germanic month bearing her name (Northumbrian: Ēosturmōnaþ; West Saxon: Ēastermōnaþ; Old High German: Ôstarmânot