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Arion, an immortal, extremely swift horse. Balius and Xanthos, Achilles ' horses. Hippocampus, a sea horse that pulled Poseidon 's chariot. Mares of Diomedes, which fed on human flesh. Pegasus, flying horse of Greek mythology. Phaethon, [14] one of the two immortal steeds of the dawn-goddess Eos. Rhaebus, the horse of Mezentius in Roman myths.
Nevertheless, "fairy" has come to be used as a kind of umbrella term in folklore studies, grouping comparable types of supernatural creatures since at least the 1970s. [1] The following list is a collection of individual traditions which have been grouped under the "fairy" moniker in the citation given.
Kelpie (Scottish) – Water horse. Morvarc'h (Breton) – Legendary horse that could gallop on the waves. Nixie (Germanic) – Shapeshifting water being, known for appearing as horses. Nuckelavee (Orcadian) – Skinless oceanic water horse with pestilent breath. Nuggle (Scottish) – Mischievous male water horse.
The Wise Donkey is a character from A New Wonderland (The Magical Monarch of Mo) (1899/1903) and The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913). He began life as an ordinary donkey in Phunniland (Mo, a land even stranger and less logical than Oz), but after consuming numerous books, he learned their contents and became a wise advisor to the King. He sometimes ...
An artist's rendition of the blanque jument. The legendary horses of Pas-de-Calais are fabulous, diabolical white animals, mentioned in the folklore of Artois, Ternoise and Boulonnais under various names. The blanque mare is said to appear at dusk or in the middle of the night to deceive children and men. She would tempt the latter to ride her ...
Arroch, Sindarin for 'noble horse', ridden into battle by Húrin in The Children of Húrin by J.R.R Tolkien. Artax, Atreyu 's horse in Michael Ende 's The Neverending Story. Asfaloth, Glorfindel 's horse in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien. Athansor, ridden by Peter Lake in Mark Helprin 's A Winter's Tale.
Mythic humanoids are legendary, folkloric, or mythological creatures that are part human, or that resemble humans through appearance or character. Each culture has different mythical creatures that come from many different origins, and many of these creatures are humanoids. They are often able to talk and in many stories they guide the hero on ...
The hippocampus or hippocamp, also hippokampos (plural: hippocampi or hippocamps; Ancient Greek: ἱππόκαμπος, from ἵππος, 'horse', and κάμπος, 'sea monster' [1]), often called a sea-horse[2] in English, [citation needed] is a mythological creature shared by Phoenician, [3] Etruscan, Pictish, Roman and Greek mythology ...