List of winged horses
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The following is a list of fictional or mythological winged horses.
Mythology
- The ancient Pegasus is a mythological winged horse.
- The Hippalectryon is a half-horse, half-rooster hybrid depicted in ancient Greek art.
- Devadatta is the winged flying white horse of Kalki in Hinduism, bestowed by the god Shiva.[1]
- In Islam, Al-Buraq was a mythical steed who carried the prophet Muhammad.[2]
- Tianma was a winged 'celestial' horse in Chinese folklore.[3]
- A Chollima is a mythical winged horse which originates from the Chinese classics.[citation needed]
- In Islamic tradition, Haizum is the horse of the archangel Gabriel.[4]
- Tulpar is a winged or swift horse in Turkic mythology.
- 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.
Other
- The Ebony Horse is a flying mechanical horse featured in the folktale collection Arabian Nights.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Khan, Dominique-Sila (1997). "The Coming of Nikalank Avatar: A Messianic Theme in Some Sectarian Traditions of North-Western India". Journal of Indian Philosophy. 25 (4): 411. ISSN 0022-1791. JSTOR 23448508.
- ↑ Esposito, John L., ed. (2003). "Buraq". Oxford Dictionary of Islam. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-989120-7. Search this book on
- ↑ Wei, Huo (2010). "Large-sized Stone-sculptured Animals of the Eastern Han Period in Sichuan and the Southern Silk Road". Chinese Archaeology. 10 (1): 172–176. doi:10.1515/char.2010.10.1.172. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
- ↑ Sakalauskaite, Aida (2010). Zoometaphors in English, German, and Lithuanian: a corpus study (PhD). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
- ↑ Thompson, Stith (1977). The Folktale. University of California Press. p. 78. ISBN 0-520-03537-2 Search this book on .
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