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This is a list of horses in mythology and folklore.
Celtic
- Embarr, Niamh and Lugh's horse
- Epona, Gaulish horse goddess
- Kelpie, a mythical Celtic water horse
- Liath Macha and Dub Sainglend, or Macha's Grey, CúChulainn's chariot horse; known as the king of all horses
Germanic
- Árvakr and Alsviðr, horses that pull Sól's chariot[1]
- Blóðughófi, Freyr's horse[2]
- Falhófnir, a horse of the gods[3]
- Glað, a horse of the gods[4]
- Glær, a horse listed in both the Grímnismál and Gylfaginning[5]
- Grani, the horse of Sigurð Fáfnir's bane[6]
- Gulltoppr, the horse of Heimdallr[7]
- Gyllir, a horse whose name translates to "the golden coloured one"[8]
- Hamskerpir and Garðrofa, the parents of Hófvarpnir[9]
- Hengist and Horsa, leaders of the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain who are often viewed as mythologial figures[10]
- Hófvarpnir, horse of the goddess Gná[1]
- Hrímfaxi, Nótt's horse[11]
- Skinfaxi, Dagr's horse[12]
- Sleipnir, Odin's eight-legged horse[13]
- Svaðilfari, the stallion that fathered Sleipnir[14]
Greek and Roman
- Arion, an immortal, extremely swift horse
- Balius and Xanthos, Achilles' horses
- Hippocampus, a sea horse that pulled Poseidon's chariot
- Mares of Diomedes, which fed on human flesh
- Pegasus, flying horse of Greek mythology
- Phaethon,[15] one of the two immortal steeds of the dawn-goddess Eos
- Rhaebus, the horse of Mezentius in Roman myths
- Sterope,[15] horse of the sun-god Helios
- Trojan Horse
- Equuleus, Hippe transformed into a foal (now a constellation)
Slavic
- Jabučilo, horse of Momčilo
- Šarac, horse of Prince Marko of Serbian epic poetry
- Sivko-Burko, the "Gray-Brown" Horse of Slavic folktales
- Ždralin, horse of Miloš Obilić
- Calul Năzdrăvan, winged or swift advisor and horse of Făt-Frumos
Proto-Indo-European
- Dyaus Pita, the Sky Father, who appears as a horse
Asian
- Uchchaihshravas, Indra's horse in Hindu mythology
- Keshi, a horse demon slain by Krishna in the Bhagavata Purana
- Tikbalang, the demon horse in Philippine folklore
- Tulpar, the winged or swift horse in Turkic mythology
Other
- Gringolet, Sir Gawain's horse
- Hengroen, King Arthur's horse
- The horse of Sinterklaas: in the Netherlands "Amerigo" or "Ozosnel", in Flanders "Slechtweervandaag" ("Bad weather today")
- Llamrei, King Arthur's mare
- Morvarc'h, the horse of Gradlon in Breton legend
- The Nuckelavee, an Orcadian horse with no skin which sometimes appears to have a man astride its body
- Ros Beiaard, a horse from Belgian folklore, still celebrated annually in many cities across the country.
- Silili, a Babylonian king of horses
- White horse of Kent
- Horses of Pas-de-Calais
Winged horses
- The ancient Pegasus is a mythological winged horse.
- The Hippalectryon is a half-horse, half-rooster hybrid depicted in ancient Greek art.
- Devadatta is the winged flying white horse of Kalki in Hinduism, bestowed by the god Shiva.[16]
- In Islam, Al-Buraq was the steed who carried Muhammad in the Isra' and Mi'raj.[17]
- Tianma was a winged 'celestial' horse in Chinese folklore.[18]
- A Qianlima is a mythical winged horse which originates from the Chinese classics.[citation needed]
- In Islamic tradition, Haizum is the horse of the archangel Gabriel.[19]
- Tulpar is a winged or swift horse in Turkic mythology.
- Uchchaihshravas is a white winged horse, described in Hindu scriptures as one of the supernatural beings which emerged from the churning of the ocean of milk.
- The Wind Horse is a winged horse from Tibetan mythology.
- The Ethiopian pegasus was born on an island in the Red Sea off the coast of Eritrea.[20]
- Horses in the Jura
See also
Citations
- ^ a b Simek 2008, p. 19.
- ^ Kálfsvísa.
- ^ Simek 2008, p. 78.
- ^ Simek 2008, pp. 111–112.
- ^ Simek 2008, p. 112.
- ^ Düwel 1988, pp. 135–136.
- ^ Simek 2008, p. 123.
- ^ Simek 2008, p. 126.
- ^ Hopkins 2021, p. 638.
- ^ Simek 2008, p. 139.
- ^ Simek 2008, p. 157.
- ^ Simek 2008, pp. 289–290.
- ^ Simek 2008, pp. 293–294.
- ^ Simek 2008, p. 305.
- ^ a b Atsma, Aaron. "LIST OF IMMORTAL HORSES". THEOI GREEK MYTHOLOGY. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ Khan, Dominique-Sila (1997). "The Coming of Nikalank Avatar: A Messianic Theme in Some Sectarian Traditions of North-Western India". Journal of Indian Philosophy. 25 (4): 411. doi:10.1023/A:1004256417426. ISSN 0022-1791. JSTOR 23448508. S2CID 169398099.
- ^ Esposito, John L., ed. (2003). "Buraq". Oxford Dictionary of Islam. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-989120-7.
- ^ Wei, Huo (2010). "Large-sized Stone-sculptured Animals of the Eastern Han Period in Sichuan and the Southern Silk Road". Chinese Archaeology. 10 (1): 172–176. doi:10.1515/char.2010.10.1.172. S2CID 135368411. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
- ^ Sakalauskaite, Aida (2010). Zoometaphors in English, German, and Lithuanian: a corpus study (PhD). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
- ^ "Ethiopian Pegasus".
Bibliography
- Gade, Kari Ellen (2017). "Anonymous Þulur, Kálfsvísa". Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages. p. 663. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
- Düwel, Klaus (1988). "On the Sigurd Representations in Great Britain and Scandinavia". In Jazayery, Mohammad Ali; Winter, Werner (eds.). Languages and Cultures: Studies in Honor of Edgar C. Polomé. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 133–156. doi:10.1515/9783110864359.133. ISBN 3-11-010204-8.
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ignored (help) - Hopkins, Joseph S. (2021). "Phantoms of the Edda: Observations Regarding Eddic Items of Unknown Provenance in the Prose Edda". Folklore and Old Norse Mythology.
- Simek, Rudolf (2008). A Dictionary of Northern Mythology. Translated by Hall, Angela. BOYE6. ISBN 9780859915137.
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