Easter- everything you think you know about it is absolutely wrong It's not your fault - or your mother's - or your Gramma's. It all started almost 2000 years ago - some legends even further back; some not so far. Easter - the name itself is even wrong It comes from a Germanic fertility goddess and her name was borrowed from an even more ancient goddess. Indeed, the things we "know" about Easter such as eggs, bunnies, Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday...