Horses and Horse Goddesses

submitted by Demetria:

More symbolic horse links:
Bato
horse headed Kannon (male Kwan Yin) - white horse 'crown' or cap

More on Japanese horses, divine and mundane -

Photo - Wooden Horse Gods - Pakistan

"Horse Tattoos
what do they mean?  Horse Tattoo Designs and Symbols -
Horse Tattoo meanings" .  Beautiful art and photos, good horse lore and history.

Quotations about Horses

Horse - Buddhism, Hinduism, Indo-European Paganism

Linguistics can be key in identifying functions, attributes, and culture about many things.  These links explore the horse and its attendant words or phrases.  If the linguistic charts make one dizzy, skip them and read the discussion parts about the connections between cultures and words, the evolution of meaning and maybe even horse evolution in human society, from food to mount to draft animal. These are all from Language Log.
The linguistic history of horses, gods, & wheeled vehicles

history of horse and wheel

More on Indo European wheels & horses

Google Books has excerpts for "Horse: How the Horse Has Shaped Civilizations".
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Horse Goddesses:
We have quite a bit of information about Demeter available.  Much is easily
accessed at Theoi.com.  There are other female deities who are equine related.

One of the best pages I have seen about Epona, Celtic/Gallic horse goddess:

Rhiannon/Rigantona

Macha

Vadavamucha 
Cambodian horse god/goddess, Harappan to Hindu,
solar eclipse,  plus star lore @ Draco, Agastya-Canopus, & More!

Frig 
only a tiny bit here

Fortuna Equestris

Anthat, Diana, Etain,
and a few others are in this 'Dictionary of Ancient Deities' at Google Books - (use the 'search' box with the words horse, donkey, ass, or equine - alone or with god, goddess, or deity.),

The Horse of Anat-Astarte 
her special beast, even as the lion is - excerpt from "Gods, Goddesses, and Images of God in Ancient Israel"

Hera Hippia and Poseidon Hippios shrine 
there are a number of horse references with Hera you will find when you type 'horse' into the search box on the left.