Editing Epona (section)

==In literature and art==
Epona is mentioned in ''[[The Golden Ass]]'' by [[Apuleius]], where an [[aedicula]]r niche with her image on a pillar in a stable has been garlanded with freshly picked roses.<ref>''"respicio pilae mediae, quae stabuli trabes sustinebat, in ipso fere meditullio Eponae deae simulacrum residens aediculae, quod accurate corollis roseis equidem recentibus fuerat ornatum."'' (iii.27). In [[Robert Graves]]' translation of ''The Golden Ass'', he has interposed an explanatory "the Mare-headed Mother" that does not appear in the Latin text; it would have linked Epona with the primitive mythology of [[Demeter#Demeter and Poseidon|Demeter]], who was covered as a mare by [[Poseidon]] in stallion-form (see above); there is no justification for identifying Epona with Demeter, however.</ref>

In his ''[[Satires of Juvenal|Satires]]'', the Roman poet [[Juvenal]] also links the worship and iconography of Epona to the area of a stable.<ref>''[[Satires of Juvenal|Satire VIII]]'' lines 155–57, where the narrator derides a consul for his inappropriate interest in horses: 
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: Meanwhile, while he sacrifices sheep and a reddish bullock
: in the fashion of ancient king [[Numa Pompilius|Numa]], before the altar of [[Jupiter (mythology)|Jupiter]]
: he swears an oath only by Epona and the images painted at the reeking stables.
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: ''interea, dum lanatas robumque iuuencum''
: ''more Numae caedit, Iouis ante altaria iurat''
: ''solam Eponam et facies olida ad praesepia pictas.''
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</ref> Small images of Epona have been found in Roman sites of stables and barns over a wide territory.

In ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' franchise, the main character Link's horse is named [[Epona (The Legend of Zelda)|Epona]]. The horse is always shown as a brown or chestnut mare with a white mane.

Artist [[Enya]]'s [[Enya (album)|namesake album]] of 1987 contains a track titled ''Epona'', as part of the soundtrack of the BBC documentary ''[[The Celts (1987 TV series)|The Celts]].''<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/master/27579-Enya-Enya Enya]'' at [[Discogs]].</ref>