Explore: Epona (celtic Deity)

conquest of Celtic areas, most of these became associated with their Roman equivalents, and their worship continued until Christianization. Epona was an exception

unusual for a Celtic deity, most of whom were associated with specific localities. Although known only from Roman contexts, the name Epona ('Great Mare')

The Celtic deities are known from a variety of sources such as written Celtic mythology, ancient places of worship, statues, engravings, religious objects

Toutatis, Taranis, Cernunnos, Epona, Maponos, Belenos, and Sucellos. Sacred springs were often associated with Celtic healing deities. Triplicity is a common

animals. The names of Artio, the ursine goddess, and Epona, the equine goddess, are based on Celtic words for bear and horse, respectively. In Ireland,

and art to the spirits of the land, ancestral spirits, and the Celtic deities. Celtic reconstructionists give offerings to the spirits throughout the

served in the Roman cavalry. The Romans adopted the Celtic cavalry sword, the spatha, and Epona, the Celtic horse goddess. To the extent that sources are available

goddess may refer to one of several mythological goddesses: Epona, the horse goddess in Celtic and Gallo-Roman mythology Rhiannon, the horse goddess in Welsh

never closed to those in need. Epona, Gallo-Roman goddess of horses and horsemanship, usually assumed to be of Celtic origin. Falacer, obscure god. He

pan-Celtic Epona might also have been originally solar in nature. The British Sulis has a name cognate with that of other Indo-European solar deities such