List of horses in mythology and folklore
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This is a list of horses in mythology and folklore.
Arthurian
[edit]- Gringolet, Sir Gawain's horse
- Hengroen, King Arthur's horse
- Llamrei, King Arthur's mare
Celtic
[edit]- Embarr, Niamh and Lugh's horse
- Kelpie, a mythical Celtic water horse
- Liath Macha and Dub Sainglend, or Macha's Grey, Cú Chulainn's chariot horse; known as the king of all horses
- The Tangle-Coated Horse/Earthshaker, an Otherworld horse belonging to Fionn mac Cumhaill
Germanic
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- 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[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]
- Hófvarpnir, horse of the goddess Gná[1]
- Hrímfaxi, Nótt's horse[10]
- Skinfaxi, Dagr's horse[11]
- Sleipnir, Odin's eight-legged horse[12]
- Svaðilfari, the stallion that fathered Sleipnir[13]
Greek and Roman
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- 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,[14] one of the two immortal steeds of the dawn-goddess Eos
- Rhaebus, the horse of Mezentius in Roman myths
- Sterope,[14] horse of the sun-god Helios
- Trojan Horse
- Equuleus, Hippe transformed into a foal (now a constellation)
Slavic
[edit]- 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
Asian
[edit]- Dyaus Pita, a Vedic god who appears as a horse
- 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
- Shabdiz horse of khosrow parvi, shah of Iran
- Rakhsh, horse of Rostam, the great Iranian champion
- Qianlima, winged horse in Chinese mythology
Other
[edit]- The horse of Sinterklaas: in the Netherlands "Amerigo" or "Ozosnel", in Flanders "Slechtweervandaag" ("Bad weather today")
- 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 goddess or divinity of horses
- Horses of Pas-de-Calais
- White horse of Kent
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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. 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.
Bibliography
[edit]- 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. ISBN 3-11-010204-8.
{{cite book}}:|website=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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