I was thinking the other day and wondered if there was a link between the name Epona, the horse from Legend of Zelda games, and the etymology behind stuff like ‘eponym’, etc because I thought it’d be funny if it turned out that her name was basically Name or something dumb like that.

But no, it’s probably from Epona, the goddess who was a protector of horses, mules, and donkeys, and whose name is Gaulish and means ‘Great Mare’. Oh and she was a fertility goddess sooooo……do with that as you will.

But basically Link named his beloved mare Great Mare. That’s…just…wow very inventive. This is why he never gets the Triforce of Wisdom.