Winged horse

A winged horse, flying horse, or pterippus is a kind of mythical creature, mostly depicted as a horse with the wings of a bird. Winged horses appear in the mythologies of various cultures including Greek mythology.

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

Description

Greek mythology

• The ancient Pegasus is a mythological winged horse.
• The Hippalectryon is a half-horse, half-rooster hybrid depicted in ancient Greek art.

Hindu mythology

• Devadatta is the winged flying white horse of Kalki in Hinduism, bestowed by the god Shiva.^[1]
• Uchchaihshravas is a white winged horse, described in Hindu scriptures as one of the supernatural beings which emerged from the churning of the ocean of milk.

Islamic mythology

• In Islam, Al-Buraq was the steed who carried Muhammad in the Isra' and Mi'raj.^[2]
• In Islamic tradition, Haizum is the horse of the archangel Gabriel.^[3]

Chinese mythology

Tianma was a winged 'celestial' horse in Chinese folklore.^[4] A Qianlima is a mythical winged horse which originates from the Chinese classics.^{[citation needed]}

Turkic mythology

Tulpar is a winged or swift horse in Turkic mythology.

Tibetan mythology

The Wind Horse is a winged horse from Tibetan mythology.

Ethiopian mythology

The Ethiopian pegasus was born on an island in the Red Sea off the coast of Eritrea.^[5]

Jura Mountain mythology

Some of the Legendary horses in the Jura are depicted as winged horses.

See also

• Hippogriff, a winged horse hybrid