Encyclopedia > Epona

  Article Content

Epona

In Celtic mythology, Epona was the goddess of horses, donkeys, mules, oxen, springs, rivers and cattle. She was also a psychopomp, accompanying souls to the land of the dead.

When Rome conquered Gaul, Epona's cult was adopted by the army, which called her Bubona.

In art, she was depicted with a cornucopia, sitting side-saddle on a horse or laying on one, or standing around multiple horses.



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
French resistance

... troops arrived in August 24. Last Germans surrendered in August 25. In August 28 De Gaulle gave an order to dismantle Free French Forces and the resistance ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 25.4 ms