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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.
Horse worship is a spiritual practice with archaeological evidence of its existence during the Iron Age and, in some places, as far back as the Bronze Age. The horse was seen as divine, as a sacred animal associated with a particular deity, or as a totem animal impersonating the king or warrior.
Recent research undertaken at the Museum of London, using literary, pictorial and archeological sources, suggests war horses (including destriers) averaged from 14 to 15 hands (56 to 60 inches, 142 to 152 cm), and differed from a riding horse in their strength, musculature and training, rather than in their size. [8] An analysis of medieval ...
Some, though not all, practitioners work horses bridleless, or consider bridleless work to represent the culmination of their training. Once a horse is under saddle, most practitioners advocate use of either a loose-ring or a full cheek style snaffle bit, and rope reins that include slobber straps and a lead rope section on the left side ...
[8]: 332 The only method of breeding allowed for the Thoroughbred horse breed. near side The left side of a horse. The traditional side on which all activities around a horse are done or start to be done. [1]: 143 neck rein Turning a horse by touching the reins to the side of the horse's neck. The horse turns away from the rein pressure.
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The horse was then set loose towards the north-east, to roam around wherever it chose, for the period of one year, [8] or half a year, according to some commentators. The horse was associated with the Sun, and its yearly course. [9] If the horse wandered into neighbouring provinces hostile to the sacrificer, they were to be subjugated.
The ceremony to initiate a new member, known as a P.G. for Poor Goof or Prisoner de Gare into the 40 & 8 is known as a "wreck". Anyone wishing to enter The Forty and Eight must be wrecked, after which the initiate has earned the right to be referred to as a voyageur militair and a full member.