As far as I can tell, the 1st publication to use "Eponalia" is "The Wicca Book of Days" (Dunwich, 1995). While it is a sensible analogy to Saturnalia and Opalia (the days before and after), the Guidizzolo fragment writes out "Saturnalia," but leaves the next day as just "Epone".
Happy Day of Epona! 🐴 🌹 ❄️
In the #Gaulish #Coligny calendar, tonight is not #NewYearsEve, but rather the beginning of the ninth month EQVOS, 'The Horse' month.
(Well, technically the 1st of Equos might have been 2 days ago by now, on the quarter moon 🌓).
I wonder if the name of this month might relate to the celebration of #Eponalia that comes before it, on 18 December.
There was also a similarly named Greek month called ῐ̔́ππιος (híppios).
On the eve of #Eponalia, I offered rose incense to #Epona and enjoyed some drinking afterwards 🍻. Today, I listened to a playlist of songs about Epona from Eluveitie, Enya (and yes even Zelda 🤫).
My friend @dianmanios was also so generous to make a proxy offering for me as part of the Bolgoi's Eponalia ritual today 🙏
molatus eponí ! 🐴🌹❄️
Good morning Lovelies! Happy Eponalia!
December 18th is the feast day of Epona, the Gallo-Roman Goddess of horses. 🙏🐎 Epona was the first deity on my shrine, when I became a Pagan in 2005.
This piece is from 2018, one of the first cards I painted for Tarot Equus. 5 years on I might re-do, even just to see how far my artwork has evolved.
#epona #goddessepona #eponalia #thehighpriestess #tarotart #tarothighpriestess #tarotequus #horses #equineartists #horsesonmastodon #paganartist
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Matthias Rex 🦣
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