Epona Wood Carving - Celtic Horse Goddess Wall Hanging Carved Spirit For Equine Enthusiasts

MEANING: The Divine Mare-Horse Goddess, also Goddess of childbearing, & the home. Roman legionaries, deeply impressed with the Celtic horsemanship, took up the worship of Epona eventually importing Her 'cult' to Rome. The Mare Goddess accompanies the souls of honorable people into the land of the dead. Epona is one of the most well-known of all the Goddesses within the Celtic Pantheon, & was granted such titles as The Great Mare, the Divine Mare, & the Mare Goddess. Her name derives from the Celtic words epos meaning horse & the suffix -ona meaning on. This is Coop's modification to Katrina's design of her Celtic-style Horse Spirit. He added an Eternity Braid down the center nose ridge enhancing the Celtic meaning. Quench the horse fever of the horse lover in your life with this is wonderful gift! THE CARVING: Our carvings are single pieces of western red cedar, designed & carved to be wall hangings. Each carving begins as a 1 X 12-inch cedar board. While we use power tools (Scroll Saw, Rotary shaft Tool, handheld detail sanders, etc.), we use no lasers, CNC machines or computer-operated cutting machines. All work is done with our hands & eyes... We cut the 2-dimensional blanks with scroll & jig saws (double-sized custom orders have to be cut with a jigsaw). Carving is done with rotary shaft tools & disc grinders. The 80-grit sanding is the final phase of the carving process, removing the nicks & gouges from the carving tools, & finishes the shaping of the weave. The next 2 sandings with 120 & then 220 grit finishes the smoothing & polishing. They are finished with Clear Danish Oil to seal the piece, bringing out the grain & the color. Epona Wood Carving - Celtic Horse Goddess Wall Hanging Carved Spirit For Equine Enthusiasts