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Horse
/ Epona Symbolism / Folklore
The
Horse is one of the most popular totems - it makes an excellent friendship
gift, and also has been known to: bring protection to the home, bring out
intuition, make burdens into victories.
The name Epona derives from the Celtic word for horse. She was a Celtic
horse-goddess whose iconography was linked with equine symbolism. She is
known in Wales as Rhiannon, and Macha in Ireland. Many images and dedications
were set up throughout the Celtic world during the Roman period. She was
particularly venerated in Gaul and in the Rhineland, but she appears also
in Britain, Yugoslavia, North Africa, and in Rome. The special interest
of Epona's cult lay in her images. In fact she is always represented with
her equine companion(s). The Goddess was associated with water, fertility,
healing and with death and rebirth. In Gaul she was depicted in the guise
of a water nymph. Frequently, she was also represented with a dog which
could reflect either healing or death. The symbolism of afterlife may be
represented by her on her mare with the image of a man behind the goddess.
This has been interpreted as a human soul carried to the Otherworld. Also
she can be portrayed carrying a large key -- this may show the ability of
Epona to unlock the gates of heaven and the Otherworld.
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