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Although known only from Roman contexts, the name Epona ('Great Mare') is from the Gaulish language; it is derived from the inferred Proto-Celtic *ekʷos 'horse', [5] which gives rise to modern Welsh ebol 'foal', together with the augmentative suffix-on frequently, although not exclusively, found in theonyms (for example Sirona, Matrona) and the usual Gaulish feminine singular -a. [6]
Endovelicus - taken to have been a god of prophecy and healing, with oracular functions. He appears to have been a minor chthonic god originally, but has become exceptionally popular after Roman colonization. [7] Epona was a protector of horses, donkeys, and mules. She was particularly a goddess of fertility, as shown by her attributes of a ...
Epona, the Celtic goddess of horses and riding, lacked a direct Roman equivalent, and is therefore one of the most persistent distinctly Celtic deities.This image comes from Germany, about 200 AD Replica of the incomplete Pillar of the Boatmen, from Paris, with four deities, including the only depiction of Cernunnos to name him (left, 2nd from top)
[14]: 178 Fernand Benoit has connected the snake and grape attributes with two bronze statuettes of Epona (one found in Reims, [g] the other in Maaseik [h]). [9]: 121 Epona was a female Gallo-Roman god, revered as the protector of horses. [15]: 9 Both are of Epona sidesaddle with a bunch of grapes in her right hand. Only the Reims statue has a ...
Because of this, she has been linked to the Romano-Celtic fertility horse goddess Epona and other instances of the veneration of horses in early Indo-European culture. [4] Bellerophon riding Pegasus. The La Tène style hill figure in England, the Uffington White Horse dates back to the Bronze Age and is similar to some Celtic coin horse designs.
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