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Celtic chariot burial, France, La Tène culture, c. 450 BC. The Celtic chariot, which may have been called karbantos in Gaulish (compare Latin carpentum), [52] [53] was a biga that measured approximately 2 m (6 ft 6 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) in width and 4 m (13 ft 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) in length. British chariots were open in front.
The noun merkavah "thing to ride in, cart" is derived from the consonantal root רכב r-k-b with the general meaning "to ride". The word "chariot" is found 44 times in the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible—most of them referring to normal chariots on earth, [5] and although the concept of the Merkabah is associated with Ezekiel's vision (), the word is not explicitly written in Ezekiel 1.
chariot from Late Latin carrum via French, ultimately from the same Gaulish root as "car". [33] combat from the root battuere "to beat, fight", which is believed to ultimately come from Gaulish via French. [34] cream from Old French cresme, from the Latin word of Gaulish origin crāmum. [35] debate
Ratha (Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hrátʰas, Vedic Sanskrit: रथ, IAST: rátha; Avestan: raθa) is the Indo-Iranian term for a spoked-wheel chariot. The term has been used since antiquity for both fast chariots and other wheeled vehicles pulled by animals or humans, in particular the large temple cars or processional carts still used in Indian ...
Helios, the sun god, and Eos-Aurora, the goddess of the dawn, are of impeccable Indo-European lineage both in etymology and in their status as gods" and might have played a role in Proto-Indo-European poetry. [12] The imagery surrounding a chariot-driving solar deity is likely Indo-European in origin.
Monier Monier-Williams defines vimāna as "a car or a chariot of the gods, any self-moving aerial car sometimes serving as a seat or throne, sometimes self-moving and carrying its occupant through the air; other descriptions make the Vimana more like a house or palace, and one kind is said to be seven stories high", and quotes the Pushpaka ...
Diomedes first place prize is, "a woman skilled in all useful arts, and a three-legged cauldron". The chariot race is considered as the most prestigious competition in the funeral games and the most formal occasion for validating the status of the elite. [19] In this way Diomedes asserts his status as the foremost Achaean hero after Achilles.
Egyptian War Chariot. Chariots were very expensive, heavy and prone to breakdowns, yet in contrast with early cavalry, chariots offered a more stable platform for archers. [citation needed] Chariots were also effective for archery because of the relatively long bows used, and even after the invention of the composite bow the length of the bow was not significantly reduced.