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Horse symbolism. 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.
In 1881, he collected the images in the portfolio The Attitudes of Animals in Motion, but kept the edition very limited because of plans for related book projects with Stanford and Marey. [ 26 ] Muybridge started lecturing about the horse pictures in July 1878, using a stereopticon to project the photographs and examples of the misconceptions ...
Arion, an immortal, extremely swift horse. Balius and Xanthos, Achilles ' horses. Hippocampus, a sea horse that pulled Poseidon 's chariot. Mares of Diomedes, which fed on human flesh. 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.
A pantomime horse is a theatrical representation of a horse or other quadruped by two actors in a single costume who cooperate and synchronize their movements. [1] One actor plays the front end, including the horse's head and its front legs, in a more-or-less upright posture and with a reasonable field of view afforded by eye holes in the horse ...
Mountain and moorland pony breeds, abbreviated "M&M," a specific group of pony breeds native to the British Isles. New Zealand Warmblood, a developing warmblood type based on Hanoverian and KWPF breeding. Oriental horse, the "hot-blooded" breeds originating in the Middle East, such as the Arabian, Akhal-Teke, Barb, and Turkoman horse.
Thunder (mascot) Thunder is the stage name for the horse who is the official live animal mascot for the Denver Broncos football team. Thunder shares mascot duties with Miles, a human who wears a horse head mask atop a Broncos uniform. Three purebred Arabians have held this role since 1993, all gray horses whose coats lightened with age until ...
Sampson, the tallest horse ever recorded; a Shire; stood 21.25 hands (86.5 inches; 220 cm) high. Spanker was a 17th century sire of many important horses. Thunder, Red Ryder 's horse. Traveler, mascot of the University of Southern California. Trigger, Roy Rogers ' Palomino.
Horses in art. George Stubbs, Whistlejacket, c. 1762, National Gallery, London. Horses have appeared in works of art throughout history, frequently as depictions of the horse in battle. 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.