Epona the All Mother

[twilightpony]

That foal's storybook is probably a glimpse into pony culture thousands of years ago, before there was an Equestria and maybe before alicorn ponies. The story elements of relevance that I'd place emphasis on are: winter, snow, Epona, strange alicorn, crystal hare, land before ponies, north, a time without seasons, weather as an instrument of harmony and a benign/tamed windigo. Also: the story predates Crystal Empire princesses and was probably adapted to include Equestria to make it relevant when this book was printed about a thousand years ago. Epona is a very old legend. I wonder who she retrieved from the south to combat the windigo in earlier versions and what did the crystal ponies call Equestria back then?

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[flareblitzfury]

Yeah, I wonder too.

[twilightpony]

The best places to look for answers would probably be in the Crystal Empire library and in the Carerfilly Castle library since both are quite old. It's possible that Sombra had books on old legends destroyed or censored, like the book I'd borrowed about the history of the Crystal Empire.

[flareblitzfury]

Yeah, makes sense.