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A Dala horse or Dalecarlian horse is a traditional carved, painted wooden statue of a horse originating in the Swedish province of Dalarna (Dalecarlia). In the old days, [ when? ] the Dala horse was mostly used as a toy for children; in modern times it has become a symbol of Dalarna, as well as of Sweden in general.
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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.
Geriatric pony with a lot of white hair on its head. There are several unmistakable signs that indicate a horse may be geriatric. Historically, determining a horse's age through observation was crucial, especially during a time when horses played a vital role in daily life For example, Le Nouveau Parfait Maréchal (18th century) advised observing specific features such as the teeth, tail ...
A general reference for the early production of dala horses can be found at www.dalahorse.info. The pages are in Swedish though, but google translate makes most of it intelligible. Since I am not sure what the policy is on references in another language I refrained from adding it. Feel free to add it if such references are ok.
Dala (band), a Canadian music duo; Dala (game), a board game from Sudan; Dala horse, traditional Swedish wooden horse statuettes; Dala-fur sheep, a Swedish breed of sheep; The Hawaiian dollar, which was in circulation between 1847 and 1898; Dala Line, a single-track railway line in Sweden; Dala, a Cambrian crustacean from Sweden
The horse is also present in artistic representations from the periods of Nordic mythology. During the Bronze Age, a Swedish rock engraving shows a figure whose phallus ends in a horse's head; [58] it could be dedicated to Odin or Freyr and constitutes the earliest known attestation of the fertility cult in these regions. [59]
Hack, a basic riding horse, particularly in the UK, also includes Show hack horses used in competition. Heavy warmblood, heavy carriage and riding horses, predecessors to the modern warmbloods, several old-style breeds still in existence today. Hunter, a type of jumping horse, either a show hunter or a field hunter