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Based on fragments from Alcman and Stesichorus, an alternative story of the horses can be derived. [1] The horses, named Xanthus and Cyllarus, are the sons of Poseidon, who gave them to Hera as a gift. The latter bestowed them onto the Dioscuri to use as their horses in battle, and Xanthus retains his ability to speak with Castor. [1]
In Greek mythology, the Minotaur [b] (Ancient Greek: Μινώταυρος, Mīnṓtauros), also known as Asterion, is a mythical creature portrayed during classical antiquity with the head and tail of a bull and the body of a man [4] (p 34) or, as described by Roman poet Ovid, a being "part man and part bull".
Hippalectryon – A creature with the front half of a horse and the rear half has a rooster's wings, tail, and legs. Hippocampus (or Hippocamp) – A Greek mythological creature that is half-horse half-fish. Hippogriff – A creature with the front quarters of an eagle and hind quarters of a horse. Jengu – A water spirit with the tail of a fish.
Brontotheriidae is a family of extinct mammals belonging to the order Perissodactyla, the order that includes horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs.Superficially, they looked rather like rhinos with some developing bony nose horns, and were some of the earliest mammals to have evolved large body sizes of several tonnes.
The Horses of Neptune, illustration by Walter Crane, 1893.. Horse symbolism is the study of the representation of the horse in mythology, religion, folklore, art, literature and psychoanalysis as a symbol, in its capacity to designate, to signify an abstract concept, beyond the physical reality of the quadruped animal.
Minotauromachy (La Minotauromachie) is a 19.5 by 27.4” etching and engraving created by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso in Paris in 1935. [1] The etching and resulting prints, literally entitled Minotaur Battle, feature many compositional aspects and themes seen often in Picasso’s art throughout the 1930s. [2]
Articles related to the Minotaur. He is depicted as a mythical creature with the head and tail of a bull and the body of a man, dwelling in the Labyrinth of Knossos . Subcategories
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