Original sentence: A common practice in England in the medieval period was for children to go door-to-door begging for eggs on the Saturday before Lent began.However, despite Grimm's speculation, there is no evidence to connect eggs with Ostara.Influential 19th century folklorist and philologist Jacob Grimm speculates, in the second volume of his Deutsche Mythologie, that the folk custom of Easter eggs among the continental Germanic peoples may have stemmed from springtime festivities of a Germanic goddess known in Old English as Ēostre (namesake of modern English Easter) and possibly known in Old High German as *Ostara (and thus namesake of Modern German Ostern 'Easter').People handed out eggs as special treats for children prior to their fast.The use of eggs as favors or treats at Easter originated when they were prohibited during Lent.This Christian use of eggs may have been influenced by practices in "pre-dynastic period in Egypt, as well as amid the early cultures of Mesopotamia and Crete
Edited sentence: According to The Oxford Companion to World Mythology, Easter eggs, the Easter Rabbit and the Easter lily are among the ancient symbols of fertility, and the Easter holiday, celebrated in early spring, is associated with the ancient fertility myths of reborn heroes such as Egyptian Osiris or Greek Adonis.According to ancient beliefs, she had a rabbit that could carry eggs.But a more generally accepted theory is that the origin of Easter term is German Ostern, which itself originates from the Norse Eostur and translates as “spring”.The German fertility goddess Eostra (, ) may be the source for the term.The use of eggs in Christianity originates from the ancient pagan customs of worship, which with the advent of Christianity were adapted for it.This process is called religious syncretism