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A horse, a horse, my kingdom
for a horse!
~William Shakespeare
There's something about the outside of a
horse that's good for the inside of a man.
~Sir Winston Churchill
The Horse Song of
the Navajo
Holy wind blows
through his mane,
His mane of rainbows.
My horse’s ears are of round corn,
His eyes of stars.
I am wealthy because of him.
I am eternally peaceful.
I stand for my
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“She turned around with cattle so quickly that it
looked like an optical illusion. And the angle of her body to the
ground was so drastic I couldn’t see how she ever regained her
balance. In fact, she never slipped a foot. I knew from Pat she
thrived on impossible conditions like deep mud or slippery hardpan.
And she hunted cattle like a cat, deliberately over-shooting on her
turns, stopping, and watching out of the corner of her eye for the
last split second before running, sinking into her dying stop, and
catching them up. When the cattle wouldn’t try her, she sometimes
jumped up and down in frustration.”
Thomas McGuane, “The Life and Times of
Chink’s Benjibaby”
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Horse sense is the thing
a horse has which keeps it from betting on people - W.C. Fields |
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The
Uffington White Horse
There
is spirit and mystery in the Uffington Horse, which stands out on
the Downs above the Vale of White Horse. It is one of the oldest of
16 such horses carved from the chalk earth in the south of England,
but the Uffington Horse is by far the most graceful spanning 360 ft,
from its outstretched head to the tip of its streaming tail and is
the only one which faces to the right.
No one
knows just how old the carving is or who may have carved it, however
it is believed to represent the Goddess Epona, protector of all
horses. Whatever its origin, the Uffington Horse is beautiful,
impressive and timeless.
‘Before the gods that made the gods
Had seen their sunrise pass,
The White Horse of the White Horse Vale
Was cut out of the grass.’
G.K Chesterton, 1911 |
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The Feast of Epona
Known as Rhiannon
in Wales, Macha in Ireland and Epona to the Gauls this ancient horse
goddess is one of the most well known of all the Celtic gods and
goddesses. Horses played an important role in Celtic society.
Naturally the protector of horses would play an equally important
role. Epona has been revered since the Iron Age. She is the
protector of horses, stables, and horse owners; she is the guardian
of agriculture and transportation. In addition, Epona has been
associated with birds; her birds were said to have the ability to
put the living to sleep and to rouse the dead. She has also been
pictured with cornucopias and baskets filled with fruits especially
apples and thus been linked to fertility.
She is often portrayed riding a horse, next to a horse, surrounded
by several horses and feeding foals. In parts of central Europe she
was believed to be a magical white horse that brought shamans to the
spirit world.
Epona translates as "divine mare" or "mare goddess". Small shrines,
known as aediculae, were built in her honor by horse owners and
often decorated with roses. More inscriptions, statues, and shrines
dedicated to Epona have been found than for any other Celtic god or
goddess. Even the Romans adopted this Celtic goddess. Her statues
can be found along side other Roman Gods and Goddesses. Greek
author, Agesilaos, tells the story of Epona's birth. A women-hating
man named Furius Stellus had relations with a mare, who in turn gave
birth to Epona, who had the ability to take human or horse form.
As with most gods and goddess in history, at least one day is set
aside just to honor them. Epona's celebration is held on June 13th
not to be confused with the The Festival of Epona on December 18th.
The festival is a Roman celebration, the only celebration by the
Romans to honor a Celtic deity. |
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