Epona
Figurine of Epona. Museé Añesoa, Alise-Sainte-Reine
She is the Gaulish (more precisely, Gallo-Roman) goddess of horses. She is in fact the image of an ancient mare-goddess whose name derives from the Gaulish word “epo” (horse), which corresponds to the Latin “equus”. Her cult, widespread throughout the Roman Empire, has its counterparts in the Irish Macha and the Welsh Rhiannon.