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A Dala horse (Swedish: dalahäst pronunciation ⓘ) 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 ...
Dalarna (Swedish: [ˈdɑ̂ːlaɳa] ⓘ; lit. ' the Dales ' or ' the Valleys '), also referred to by the English exonyms Dalecarlia [2] [3] [a] and the Dales, [6] is a landskap (historical province) in central Sweden. Dalarna adjoins Härjedalen, Hälsingland, Gästrikland, Västmanland and Värmland. It is also bordered by Norway in the west.
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.
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Bucephalus, favorite horse of Alexander the Great; one of the most famous horses of antiquity; following his death after the Battle of Hydaspes in 326 BCE, Alexander promptly founded the city of Bucephala upon the spot in his memory; Chetak, war horse of Maharana Pratap of Mewar in India; died defending its master in 1576 during the Battle of ...
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
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Swedish neoclassicism is said to have begun around 1785. The Gustavian period was characterized by both French and English influence. After Gustav III's death, there was a period of stagnation in Swedish art. On the other hand, peasant painting flourished in particular, Dalarna and Hälsingland with painting and Dala horses during this time.