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The Celtic Goddess Epona that Rode Swiftly Across the Ancient Roman Empire

>The protector of horses, mules, and cavalry, Epona was one of the only non-Roman goddesses to have been wholly adopted by the Roman Empire. Often depicted astride a horse, Epona resonated in the forces of the Roman cavalry as an inspiration and guide through even the darkest of battles, and she remained one of their most worshipped goddesses between the first and third centuries AD.

>Interestingly, Epona was also seen as a goddess of fertility, accompanied in many of her depictions by grain or a cornucopia. Coupled with the worship of her equine prowess in the military, it is evident she was seen both in Gaulish and Roman cultures as a deity of prosperity within the equestrian home and on the battlefield.

>It has also been argued that Epona served as an escort for souls into the afterlife. The presence of a statue of Epona in her horse form was found in the grave of a young girl who died in the 2nd century and seems to support this notion. That burial was discovered in Godmanchester (Roman Durovigutum), in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England.
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http://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/celtic-goddess-epona-rode-swiftly-across-ancient-roman-empire-002641

>>152704
Apparently cut flowers. Especially roses.

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>Epona's plants symbolized her fertility and abundance as a primal Mother goddess, as well as her fundamental involvement in the mysteries of life, death and rebirth. The plants particularly associated with her included grain, fruit (especially apples), roses, pine, and what may have been Mana Ash.
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>Roses. The symbolism of the rose was complex: heavenly perfection and wholeness on one hand, but earthy passion, sensuality and seduction on the other; fertility, but also virginity; love, joy, beauty and desire, but also pain, death, and sorrow.[180] Embracing all of this, the rose was an emblem of the profound mysteries of life and death signifying secrecy and the unknown,[181] but also resurrection and immortality. It was the quintessential feminine ?cup of eternal life? filled with the divine nectar of love and madness.[182] Sacred to Aphrodite and Isis, garlands of roses were also put round images of Epona and placed with offerings at her shrines. It was in this connection, in the 2nd century AD, that Apuleius made roses the vital connecting link between Epona and the Mysteries of Isis (see Chapter Nine).[183]
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>As Apuleius noted, there were little shrines to Epona in stables - not dusty and forgotten, but decorated daily with fresh roses.

From Epona - Hidden Goddess of the Celts by P.D. MACKENZIE COOK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1lXdLus2WI

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