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The winged horse is said to be too swift and elegant to be mounted by any mortal man and is named after its ability to travel one thousand li in a single day. Since the 3rd century BCE, the qianlima was used as a metaphor for exceptionally talented people and animals, such as Red Hare .
Chollima – a winged horse too swift to be mounted by any mortal (Chinese) Drapé - (France) Ghostly horse monster who finds and spirits away children wandering at night to an unknown location, never to be seen again. Gytrash- (english) shapeshifting spirit usually taking the form of a horse, mule or other animal. Opposite of a will o the wisp ...
The Chollima Movement was the first of many mass mobilization campaigns in North Korea, and probably the most famous one. [15] Chollima has since become an icon of North Korea. Several statues of the winged horse have been constructed throughout the country. Most significant is the 46-meter high Chollima Statue on Mansu Hill , Pyongyang. This ...
The Chollima Statue (Korean: 천리마동상) is a monument on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. The monument symbolizes the "Chollima speed" of the Chollima Movement . The legendary winged horse Chollima depicted by the monument is said to travel 1,000 ri (400 km) a day.
Pegasus (Ancient Greek: Πήγασος, romanized: Pḗgasos; Latin: Pegasus, Pegasos) is a winged horse in Greek mythology, usually depicted as a white stallion. He was sired by Poseidon, in his role as horse-god, and foaled by the Gorgon Medusa.
' long-ears' or 'neighing aloud' ') [1] is a seven-headed flying horse, created during the churning of the ocean. It is considered the best of horses, as prototype and king of the horses. [1] Uchchaihshravas is often described as a vahana of Indra, but is also recorded to be the horse of Bali, the king of the asuras.
The Winged Horse; Winged-Horses of Tarquinia This page was last edited on 25 August 2024, at 01:17 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The two drive the horses down into the deeps of Busiltjörn, and all of the horses swim back to land but a large, young, and handsome grey horse that no one had ever mounted. The grey-bearded old man says that the horse is from "Sleipnir's kin" and that "he must be raised carefully, because he will become better than any other horse."