Epona

Epona was a Celtic goddess characterized in the Greco‐Roman world by her protection of horses. Her worship was particularly prevalent in the Roman west, where the main centers of her cult were Gaul and the Germanic frontiers. While she initially appears to have been representative of a typical fertility goddess, over time Epona became closely associated with the Roman cavalry. In this way she became continually invoked alongside the ternary Celtic goddesses the Matres, Suleviae, and Campestres, closely connected both to the parade grounds and to the training fields of the cavalry (Irby‐Massie 1996).

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