Did Peasants Have Horses?

The largest domesticated animals peasants used regularly were horses or oxen, which were needed to pull the heavy moldboard plow. Although medieval treatises about plowing often called for a team of eight horses or oxen, it seems that most peasants worked with four animals. Did medieval peasants ride horses? In Read more…

Which Planet Is Horse?

The Andalusian, or Pure Spanish Horse, represents Saturn, the second-largest planet in our solar system renowned for its impressive rings. It is named for the Roman god of generation, liberty and renewal, the Roman personification of the Greek god Cronos, father of Zeus, who ruled over the Golden Age of Read more…

How Many Horses Did Hades Have?

four. Chariot & Horses of Hades: Hades drove a golden chariot drawn by a team of four immortal, sable-black horses; Orphnaeus (savage and fleet), Aethon (swifter than an arrow), great Nyctaeus (proud glory of Hell’s steeds), and Alastor (branded with the mark of Dis). Did Hades have horses? Alastor, a Read more…

Where Do Horses Naturally Occur?

The only truly wild horses in existence today are Przewalski’s horse native to the steppes of central Asia. The best-known examples of modern day “wild” horses of the American West. Where are horses found naturally? The modern horse was domesticated around 2200 years BCE in the northern Caucasus. In the Read more…