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Mare from Polish folklore – graphics by Kasia Walentynowicz. The Polish nightmare is known by such names as mara (around Podlachia), zmora (around Kraków). [38] [39] An etymological connection with Marzanna, the name of a demon/goddess of winter has been conjectured. [38]
The Great Mare (la Grand Mare, grant jument or grand'jument in French) was a gigantic mare that was ridden by giants in several Renaissance works. Stemming from medieval traditions inspired by Celtic mythology, she first appeared in The Grand and Priceless Chronicles of the Great and Enormous Giant Gargantua, written in 1532, in which Merlin created her from bones atop a mountain.
The legendary horses of Pas-de-Calais are fabulous, diabolical white animals, mentioned in the folklore of Artois, Ternoise and Boulonnais under various names. The blanque mare is said to appear at dusk or in the middle of the night to deceive children and men. She would tempt the latter to ride her, and her back could stretch to accommodate ...
Nuckelavee, an equine demon from Orcadian folklore; Nuggle, a mischievous, water horse, primarily found in Shetland folklore; Tangie, a seaweed covered, water horse, primarily found in Orcadian and Shetland folklore; Púca, a shapeshifting, sea creature, known for appearing as a horse; Ceffyl Dŵr, a malevolant, water horse, found in Welsh folklore
The Mari Lwyd. The Mari Lwyd (Welsh: Y Fari Lwyd, [1] [ə ˈvaːri ˈlʊi̯d] ⓘ) is a wassailing folk custom founded in South Wales and elsewhere. The tradition entails the use of an eponymous hobby horse which is made from a horse's skull mounted on a pole and carried by an individual hidden under a sheet.
However, Régis Boyer assures that there is no trace of this mount in the sources of Nordic mythology, and that it is essentially a matter of folklore. According to Icelandic folklore, Sleipnir is the creator of the Ásbyrgi canyon, which he shaped into a horseshoe [119] with one blow of his hoof. Sleipnir seems to be the only horse in Nordic ...
In Thailand, due to the tourism and logging industry, the elephant population has severely dropped, and those who still are around endure severe cruelty.Such is the story of Mare Noi, an elephant ...
"Nachtmahr" ("Night-mare"), by Johann Heinrich Füssli (1802), depicts an Alp sitting on the sleeper's chest, with a mara staring through the background.An Alp (German:; plural Alpe or Alpen) is a supernatural being in German folklore.