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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.
In a Gullah context, the flying Africans are associated with Hoodoo spirituality, and sometimes perform their ascension through a ritual like a ring shout.Gullah lore also associates flying Africans with a magical iron hoe that works by itself, and a never-empty pot that they leave behind, [6] [7] perhaps relating to the influence of the Yoruba deity Ogun on Hoodoo.
Blóðughófi, Freyr's horse [2] Falhófnir, a horse of the gods [3] Glað, a horse of the gods [4] Glær, a horse listed in both the Grímnismál and Gylfaginning [5] Grani, the horse of Sigurð [6] Gulltoppr, the horse of Heimdallr [7] Gyllir, a horse whose name translates to "the golden coloured one" [8] Hamskerpir and Garðrofa, the parents ...
In a Uyghur tale, The Wooden Horse, a carpenter and a metalsmith quarrel about who is the most skilled. The king decides to set a contest to settle their dispute: the metalsmith creates an iron fish and the carpenter a wooden horse that can fly. The king's son, the prince, is delighted at the wooden horse and asks his father to try it.
Osca lata, the coliguacho or black horse fly, is a large horse fly whose range includes southern Chile and southern Argentina. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The fly has a striking reddish-orange coloration on the side of its thorax and abdomen .
It was believed to be a spirit assuming the shape of a horse, usually grey or black with a white mane, sometimes glowing or winged, to entice unwary travellers to ride him. [ 6 ] [ 5 ] Once mounted it would either carry its rider great distances very quickly, or fly into the sky, then evaporate into air or mist , dropping the unfortunate rider ...
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Yaʽfūr was one of several animals that Muhammad is said to have ridden; the others included a roan horse called Murtajaz ("Spontaneous"), a black horse called Sakb ("Swift"), a mule called Duldul ("Vacillating") and a camel called Kaswa ("Split-Ears"), who accidentally killed herself when she hit her head on the stone wall of a mosque some time after his death.