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Ama no Fuchigoma (天乃斑駒, lit. "heavenly spotted horse") [1] is a mythical horse from a collection of Japanese folklore known as the Chronicles of Japan or Nihon-Shoki (日本書紀). In the myth, Ama no Fuchigoma was ridden by the god Susanoo .
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.
Árvakr and Alsviðr, horses that pull Sól's chariot [1] 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 ...
Bucephalus (/ b juː. ˈ s ɛ. f ə. l ə s /; Ancient Greek: Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱς, romanized: Būcephắlās; c. 355 BC – June 326 BC) or Bucephalas, was the horse of Alexander the Great, and one of the most famous horses of classical antiquity. [1]
"The trivial name asterix is derived from the Greek asteriskos meaning 'small star' and refers to the size and shape of the trapdoor that the species constructs. The spelling of the name is taken from the name of the fictional hero and star in the French comic book Asterix le Gaul 1959, by R. Goscinny & A. Uderzo." [216]
Peleus later gave the horses to his son Achilles who took them to draw his chariot during the Trojan War. Book 16 of the Iliad tells us that Achilles had a third horse, Pedasos (maybe "Jumper", maybe "Captive"), which was yoked as a trace horse, along with Xanthus and Balios. Achilles had captured Pedasos when he took the city of Eetion.
With animals being a part of religion before bestiaries and their lessons came out, they were influenced by past observations of meaning as well as older civilizations and their interpretations. As most of the students who read these bestiaries were monks and clerics, it is not impossible to say that there is a major religious significance ...
Category: Horses in Norse mythology. 7 languages. Dansk; ... This list may not reflect recent changes. ...