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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.
A huge white horse appears in Korean mythology in the story of the kingdom of Silla. When the people gathered to pray for a king, the horse emerged from a bolt of lightning, bowing to a shining egg. After the horse flew back to heaven, the egg opened and the boy Park Hyeokgeose emerged. When he grew up, he united six warring states.
The ride of the valkyries, on their "cloud horses". The aerial symbolism of the horse is highlighted many times, notably through Sleipnir, whose eight feet enabled him to run on land as well as in the air, and who also possessed a special link with the wind and, by extension, with speed. [85]
The gilded side of the Trundholm sun chariot. The importance of horses in the mythology and symbolism of the Germanic peoples dates back at least to the Nordic Bronze Age and shows continuity up until their Christianisation, likely stemming from aspects such as their practical importance, and inherited traditions from their Indo-European ancestors. [1]
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
The horse appears less frequently in modern art, partly because the horse is no longer significant either as a mode of transportation or as an implement of war. Most modern representations are of famous contemporary horses, artwork associated with horse racing, or artwork associated with the historic cowboy or Native American tradition of the ...
The rider of the second horse is often taken to represent War [4] (he is often pictured holding a sword upwards as though ready for battle) [31] or mass slaughter. [2] [9] [32] His horse's colour is red (πυρρός, purrhós from πῦρ, fire), and in some translations, the colour
[1] [2] It hangs in the National Gallery in London and is regarded as "Constable's most famous image" [3] and one of the greatest and most popular English paintings. [4] Painted in oils on canvas, the work depicts as its central feature three horses pulling what appears to be a wood wain or large farm waggon across the river.