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Epona-Shapeshifter, horse, and Earth Goddess worshipped by the ancient Belgae of Northeaster Gaul, depicted holding an apple while seated on a white horse. The only Celtic Goddess included in the Roman pantheon. Nicknamed Regina, her name means Divine Horse as she is the offspring of a mare and a human man. Associated with mares and fertilization
... See moreSarah Owen • Celtic Spirituality: A Beginners Guide To Celtic Spirituality
Epona was indeed associated with death and rebirth beyond the grave. She is often depicted in Gaulish cemeteries.
Robert Moss • Dreaming the Soul Back Home: Shamanic Dreaming for Healing and Becoming Whole
Epona, a great goddess of the Celts whose very name means “horse.” I had not thought of her until now as a Death Goddess.
Robert Moss • Dreaming the Soul Back Home: Shamanic Dreaming for Healing and Becoming Whole

Their horses were strong and of proud bearing, but rough-haired; and one stood there without a rider, Aragorn’s own horse that they had brought from the North; Roheryn was his name. There was no gleam of stone or gold, nor any fair thing in all their gear and harness; nor did their riders bear any badge or token, save only that each cloak was
... See moreJ.R.R. Tolkien • The Lord of the Rings
Faithful servant yet master’s bane, Lightfoot’s foal, swift Snowmane.
J.R.R. Tolkien • The Lord of the Rings
The Welsh hero Pryderi, in the Mabinogion, is the son of Pwyll, lord of Llys Arbeth, and Rhiannon, a horse-goddess. Pryderi’s parentage is at once noble, divine and intimately connected with that animal so beloved by the Celts: the horse. His connection with horses is emphasized again when he is abducted as a newborn baby and then turns up lying on
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