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This is a list of horses in mythology and folklore.




Arthurian


Gringolet, Sir Gawain's horse
Hengroen, King Arthur's horse
Llamrei, King Arthur's mare




Celtic


Embarr, Niamh and Lugh's horse
Kelpie, a mythical Celtic water horse
Liath Macha and Dub Sainglend, or Macha's Grey, Cú Chulainn's chariot horse; known as the king of all horses
The Tangle-Coated Horse/Earthshaker, an Otherworld horse belonging to Fionn mac Cumhaill




Germanic



Árvakr and Alsviðr, horses that pull Sól's chariot
Blóðughófi, Freyr's horse
Falhófnir, a horse of the gods
Glað, a horse of the gods
Glær, a horse listed in both the Grímnismál and Gylfaginning
Grani, the horse of Sigurð
Gulltoppr, the horse of Heimdallr
Gyllir, a horse whose name translates to "the golden coloured one"
Hamskerpir and Garðrofa, the parents of Hófvarpnir
Hófvarpnir, horse of the goddess Gná
Hrímfaxi, Nótt's horse
Skinfaxi, Dagr's horse
Sleipnir, Odin's eight-legged horse
Svaðilfari, the stallion that fathered Sleipnir




Greek and Roman



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, one of the two immortal steeds of the dawn-goddess Eos
Rhaebus, the horse of Mezentius in Roman myths
Sterope, horse of the sun-god Helios
Trojan Horse
Equuleus, Hippe transformed into a foal (now a constellation)




Slavic


Jabučilo, horse of Momčilo
Šarac, horse of Prince Marko of Serbian epic poetry
Sivko-Burko, the "Gray-Brown" Horse of Slavic folktales
Ždralin, horse of Miloš Obilić
Calul Năzdrăvan, winged or swift advisor and horse of Făt-Frumos




Asian


Dyaus Pita, a Vedic god who appears as a horse
Uchchaihshravas, Indra's horse in Hindu mythology
Keshi, a horse demon slain by Krishna in the Bhagavata Purana
Tikbalang, the demon horse in Philippine folklore
Tulpar, the winged or swift horse in Turkic mythology
Shabdiz horse of khosrow parvi, shah of Iran
Rakhsh, horse of Rostam, the great Iranian champion
Qianlima, winged horse in Chinese mythology




Other


The horse of Sinterklaas: in the Netherlands "Amerigo" or "Ozosnel", in Flanders "Slechtweervandaag" ("Bad weather today")
Morvarc'h, the horse of Gradlon in Breton legend
The Nuckelavee, an Orcadian horse with no skin which sometimes appears to have a man astride its body
Ros Beiaard, a horse from Belgian folklore, still celebrated annually in many cities across the country
Silili, a Babylonian goddess or divinity of horses
Horses of Pas-de-Calais
White horse of Kent




See also


Winged unicorn
List of fictional horses
White horses in mythology
Winged horse




References






Bibliography

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