List of horses in mythology and folklore

This is a list of horses in mythology and folklore.

Celtic[edit]

Germanic[edit]

Depiction of Sleipnir in a detail on the Tjängvide image stone.

Greek and Roman[edit]

Tarquínia Winged-Horses, Etruscan Art, exhibited at National Museum of Tarquinia

Slavic[edit]

Proto-Indo-European[edit]

Asian[edit]

Other[edit]

Winged horses[edit]

Pegasus, as the horse of Muses, on the roof of Poznań Opera House (Max Littmann, 1910)

See also[edit]

Citations[edit]

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  2. ^ Kálfsvísa.
  3. ^ Simek 2008, p. 78.
  4. ^ Simek 2008, pp. 111–112.
  5. ^ Simek 2008, p. 112.
  6. ^ Düwel 1988, pp. 135–136.
  7. ^ Simek 2008, p. 123.
  8. ^ Simek 2008, p. 126.
  9. ^ Hopkins 2021, p. 638.
  10. ^ Simek 2008, p. 139.
  11. ^ Simek 2008, p. 157.
  12. ^ Simek 2008, pp. 289–290.
  13. ^ Simek 2008, pp. 293–294.
  14. ^ Simek 2008, p. 305.
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