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This is a list of
horses in mythology and folklore.
Depiction of Sleipnir in a detail on the
Tjängvide image stone.
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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
Tarquínia Winged-Horses, Etruscan Art, exhibited at National Museum of Tarquinia
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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)