Here are some other equine associated lore to add to your divine equine knowledge.; from Demetria:
Pegasus - Rich's Pegopedia
this site is all about winged horses - excellent reference tool. Pegopedia is the best name for this collection!
Poseidon
this is interesting ... I think it is from a Slavic writer -
Hengist & Horsa:
History - biography of Hengist
History & Folklore of Hengist & Horsa
For Fun - Speculation that Hengist is related to the name Genghis and Aengus -
Loki, mother of Sleipnir
Odin, Woden - "Horse in Magic & Myth", Google Books
picture of Odin on Sleipnir
How Odin became Santa Claus - 8 legged horse becomes 8 reindeer!-
Serious Odin article
Woden - dream oracles, Valkyries, horses
Wodan - excellent!!!
Wodan -another good article - Germanic - Saxon
Ashvin Twins -Surya is here also
Ashvini,
horse-headed female symbol of Hindu astrology's first Nakshatra (Lunar mansion), and Shatabhishak, fourth from end of the list:
Dioscuri
The sons of Zeus - (They are also cousins of Pegasus and Arion.)
Dioscuri
A Theosophical take on the Gemini twins
Dioscuri, Castores, Kabiri:
Photo of coin - Apollo obverse, Dioscuri watering their horses on reverse.
Centaurs
Centaurs
Centaurs
Chiron
Chiron -centaurs, asteroids, exoplanets
Svantovit
Svantovit
Surya
Vishnu - Kalki
Horse headed Vishnu
Horse King, Horse Avatar
the Vedic Horse
St. George & other Christian saint patrons of horses - scroll down!
Ride horses through fire
Christian festival in Spain -
Mabon, Mapon
Rudiobus
Eochu Ollathair, the Dagda
the 8 pronged war club carried on a wheel contains
a similar element to Odin's horse Sleipnir having 8 legs & Santa's 8 reindeer.
Eochaid
ASB - "horse"
(note similarity to Indian "Ashv_") - Encyclopedia Iranica - Persian,
Parthian, Iranian, Scythian/Sarmatian, Achaemenid, Sasanian, Median, military,
the Avestas (Zoroastrian), Islamic, polo, sports, hunting, etc.
Horse Worship
Vedic Horse Worship
Indian & Chinese Horse Myths
Mythical Horses
Some Asian Horse Lore
History of the Icelandic Horse
Northern European horse lore
Sleipner, from the Ultimate Horse Site - theory @ 8 legs too! -
"The Magic of the Horseshoe with other folk-lore notes"
this is a Sacred Text site with a scan of a book from 1898. It covers diverse information about horsey superstitions or magic, and also addresses the role of the smith god and his relationship with horses.
Very Worthwhile!
The Asvamedha Ritual - Indo-European Horse Sacrifice of Ancient India
White Horse Mythology - many links!
Another horse riding goddess form, Magog
Medusa by astrologer Demetra George - this is an excellent article on
serpent & goddesses Medusa and Athena, including Pegasus references.
A great photo of a Gorgon symbol, and a Slavic take on Medusa & sisters ...
1/4 down the page, clear color photo of Medusa holding her children -
Gorgons - pictures
Amazons & Horses
Sex & Gender in the Equine in Literature
sections on the equine as representing human sexuality, the heroes horse, and the woman's inner equine.
Bronze Age Goddesses in Wagon or Boat - English is not their native tongue!
Egyptian jewelry - Bes w/ horse led by attendant - you have to enlarge it
to see them, but they are there! There is also a photo of Wisdom Goddess Sophia
in a horse-drawn chariot.
Tiger Lilies and related folklore, including some about horse deities in the Ancient Near East.
Prehistoric Rock Art of Kazakhstan - horses in fig. 2 - (Terekty Aulie)
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