Where are we ?
Our retail store is located on the Surfcoast in Torquay, Victoria,
Australia, 95km south west of Melbourne.
Click here for
location and opening hours
Where do we deliver to ?
We ship worldwide and postage is calculated on an individual
basis.
Orders will be charged and dispatched once we
have received customer acceptance of delivery costs (for
more information please refer to our terms and
conditions).
You are welcome to visit our retail store to view anything you see on
our website but to
avoid disappointment please contact
us
first. Internet items are not stored at our shop.
Can't find what you are looking for ?
Our
online
shop is a work in progress. Not all products are on display in
our retail store or online, so if you are looking for a
particular animal or breed
please ask !
What does Eponia mean ?
'Eponia' is derived from the
name Epona. It originates from the Gaulish word 'epos' meaning horse.
It is thought that 'pony' comes from this name.
Epona was the goddess of
horses, animals and fertility. She is usually portrayed surrounded by
horses, feeding foals or riding a horse.Worshipped since the Iron
Age by the Gauls; Epona was later adopted by the Roman Cavalry. She had
a shrine in almost every stable of the Roman Empire and on December 18
an annual festival was held in her honour.
She is often depicted with
a Cornucopia (“horn of plenty”); a symbol of the land and
fertility. Some believe she was originally a nature – mother
goddess and was the first mother goddess of the Picts and the Celts.
She has been identified with the Celtic goddess Rhiannon.
Many images of Epona show her carrying keys which suggests that she was
a goddess who guarded her devotees throughout life and into the next
world. She was also sometimes accompanied by dogs (symbol of
healing/death) or birds (symbols of a happy Otherworld).
