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BULL | TAUREAU | STIERThe three-horned bull, Tarvos Trigaranos, is attested in many parts of the Celtic world, notably in Gaul. But what is the meaning and significance of the bull?
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MARE | JUMENT | STUTE
She became one of the most popular deities in the western Roman provinces, the 'Divine Mare', EPONA.
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STALLION | ÉTALON | HENGST
Besides Epona, we also find a male horse deity, so it seems. Among others, there is the weather god ("Jupiter/Taranis") on horseback (click here). We also find horses on Iron Age coins. For more horse deities, click here.
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BOAR | SANGLIER | EBERAnother sacred animal among the 'Gauls/Celts' seems to have been the boar.
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