The Hungarians and Spanish think black horses are lucky – the French and Bedoin believe the reverse. What do you call a solid black horse? What is an all-black horse called? There is no special name in the horse world for an all-black horse. Typically the color is used followed Read more…
Evidence of Earliest Known Domestic Horses Found in Kazakhstan. Evidence of thong bridle use suggests horses may have been ridden as early as 5,500 years ago. Did the first person ride a horse? Archaeologists have suspected for some time that the Botai people were the world’s first horsemen, but previous Read more…
Pegasus was eventually brought to Olympus by Zeus. There, he was stabled next to Zeus’ thunderbolts. One of his duties included carrying Zeus’ thunderbolts. He was eventually turned into a constellation. Pegasus Parents Poseidon and Medusa Siblings Chrysaor Does Zeus have a horse? Zeus was the most powerful of the Read more…
THE HIPPOI AREIOI (Horses of Ares) were four immortal horses named Aithon (Aethon), Phlogios (Phlogius), Konabos (Conabus) and Aithon (Phobus) which drew the chariot of the god Ares. What is Ares sacred animal? Ares’ sacred animals are the vulture, venomous snakes, dogs, and boars. His Roman counterpart Mars by contrast Read more…
Forces of War- Throughout the course of Biblical history, horses were the mounts of kings, princes, conquerors, and soldiers. To ride a horse implied war, doom and victory. Men of peace did not typically ride horses but rode donkeys, mules, camels and drove oxen carts as these animals did not Read more…
The hippocampus or hippocamp, also hippokampos (plural: hippocampi or hippocamps; Ancient Greek: ἱππόκαμπος, from ἵππος, “horse” and κάμπος, “sea monster”), often called a sea-horse in English, is a mythological creature shared by Phoenician, Etruscan, Pictish, Roman and Greek mythology, though its name has a Greek What is a mythical horse Read more…
The Arcadian myth from Thelpusa said (Paus. 8.25) that Poseidon Hippios mated with Demeter Erinys and she bore two children: a daughter with the secret name, called in public Despoina (equivalent of Kore), and the horse Arion (Malten 1914, 201; Vernant 1987, 74). Did Poseidon have a child with a Read more…
Epona, goddess who was patron of horses and also of asses and mules (epo- is the Gaulish equivalent of the Latin equo-; “horse”). Who is the Celtic horse goddess? goddess EponaThe goddess Epona was also supposed to protect horses in general. She was worshipped by Celtic tribes who were excellent Read more…
The great Goddess Rhiannon is a potent symbol of fertility, yet She is also an Otherworld and death Goddess, a bringer of dreams, and a moon deity who is symbolized by a white horse. Which god has a white horse? Hayagriva the Avatar of Vishnu is worshipped as the God Read more…
Mohammed was attended by five mares from which the Arab breed of horses would later be born. However Lazlos the horse of Muhammad, was a favorite, since it allowed him to live great moments to maintain the principles of Islam. What kind of horse did the Prophet have? The Buraq Read more…