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List of horses in mythology and folklore
This is a list of
horses in mythology and folklore.
Celtic
Germanic
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Árvakr and Alsviðr, horses that pull
Sól's chariot
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Blóðughófi,
Freyr's horse
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Falhófnir, a horse of the gods
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Glað, a horse of the gods
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Glær, a horse listed in both the
Grímnismál and
Gylfaginning
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Grani, the horse of
Sigurð
Fáfnir's bane
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Gulltoppr, the horse of
Heimdallr
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Gyllir, a horse whose name translates to "the golden coloured one"
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Hamskerpir and Garðrofa, the parents of Hófvarpnir
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Hengist and Horsa, leaders of the
Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain who are often viewed as mythologial figures
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Hófvarpnir, horse of the goddess
Gná
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Hrímfaxi,
Nótt's horse
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Skinfaxi,
Dagr's horse
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Sleipnir,
Odin's eight-legged horse
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Svaðilfari, the stallion that fathered Sleipnir
Greek and Roman
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Arion, an immortal, extremely swift horse
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Balius and Xanthos,
Achilles' horses
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Hippocampus, a sea horse that pulled
Poseidon's chariot
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Mares of Diomedes, which fed on human flesh
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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
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Sterope,
[15] horse of the sun-god Helios
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Trojan Horse
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Equuleus, Hippe transformed into a foal (now a constellation)
Slavic
Proto-Indo-European
Asian
Other
Winged horses
See also
Citations
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a
b Atsma, Aaron.
"LIST OF IMMORTAL HORSES". THEOI GREEK MYTHOLOGY. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
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^ 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.
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^ Esposito, John L., ed. (2003).
"Buraq". Oxford Dictionary of Islam. Oxford University Press.
ISBN
978-0-19-989120-7.
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^ 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.
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^ Sakalauskaite, Aida (2010).
Zoometaphors in English, German, and Lithuanian: a corpus study (PhD).
University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
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^
"Ethiopian Pegasus".
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