List of horses in mythology and folklore
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This is a list of horses in mythology and folklore.
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Arthurian
- Gringolet, Sir Gawain's horse
- Hengroen, King Arthur's horse
- Llamrei, King Arthur's mare
Celtic
- Enbarr, Manannán, Niamh, and Lugh's horse, which could travel both land and sea
- Kelpie, a mythical Celtic water horse
- Liath Macha and Dub Sainglend, or Macha's Grey, Cú Chulainn's chariot horse; known as the king of all horses
- The Tangle-Coated Horse/Earthshaker, an Otherworld horse belonging to Fionn mac Cumhaill
- Nuckelavee, an equine demon from Orcadian folklore
- Nuggle, a mischievous, water horse, primarily found in Shetland folklore
- Tangie, a seaweed covered, water horse, primarily found in Orcadian and Shetland folklore
- Púca, a shapeshifting, sea creature, known for appearing as a horse
- Ceffyl Dŵr, a malevolant, water horse, found in Welsh folklore
- Each-uisge, a malevolant, water horse, found in Irish and Scottish folklore
Germanic
- Árvakr and Alsviðr, horses that pull Sól's chariot[1]
- Blóðughófi, Freyr's horse[2]
- Falhófnir, a horse of the gods[3]
- Glað, a horse of the gods[4]
- Glær, a horse listed in both the Grímnismál and Gylfaginning[5]
- Grani, the horse of Sigurð[6]
- Gulltoppr, the horse of Heimdallr[7]
- Gyllir, a horse whose name translates to "the golden coloured one"[8]
- Hamskerpir and Garðrofa, the parents of Hófvarpnir[9]
- Hófvarpnir, horse of the goddess Gná[1]
- Hrímfaxi, Nótt's horse[10]
- Skinfaxi, Dagr's horse[11]
- Sleipnir, Odin's eight-legged horse[12]
- Svaðilfari, the stallion that fathered Sleipnir[13]
Greek and Roman
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- Arion, an immortal, extremely swift horse
- Balius and Xanthos, Achilles' horses
- Hippocampus, a sea horse that pulled Poseidon's chariot
- Mares of Diomedes, which fed on human flesh
- Pegasus, flying horse of Greek mythology
- Phaethon,[14] one of the two immortal steeds of the dawn-goddess Eos
- Rhaebus, the horse of Mezentius in Roman myths
- Sterope,[14] horse of the sun-god Helios
- Trojan Horse
- Equuleus, Hippe transformed into a foal (now a constellation)
Slavic
- Jabučilo, horse of Momčilo
- Šarac, horse of Prince Marko of Serbian epic poetry
- Sivko-Burko, the "Gray-Brown" Horse of Slavic folktales
- Ždralin, horse of Miloš Obilić
- Calul Năzdrăvan, winged or swift advisor and horse of Făt-Frumos
Asian
- Dyaus Pita, a Vedic god who appears as a horse
- Uchchaihshravas, Indra's horse in Hindu mythology
- Keshi, a horse demon slain by Krishna in the Bhagavata Purana
- Tikbalang, the demon horse in Philippine folklore
- Tulpar, the winged or swift horse in Turkic mythology
- Shabdiz horse of khosrow parvi, shah of Iran
- Rakhsh, horse of Rostam, the great Iranian champion
- Qianlima, winged horse in Chinese mythology
Other
- The horse of Sinterklaas: in the Netherlands "Amerigo" or "Ozosnel", in Flanders "Slechtweervandaag" ("Bad weather today")
- Morvarc'h, the horse of Gradlon in Breton legend
- The Nuckelavee, an Orcadian horse with no skin which sometimes appears to have a man astride its body
- Ros Beiaard, a horse from Belgian folklore, still celebrated annually in many cities across the country
- Silili, a Babylonian goddess or divinity of horses
- Horses of Pas-de-Calais
- White horse of Kent
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