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Horse

Nature

A ridden and driven animal of steppe, farm, and war. Solar chariots and ordinary cavalry share the beast, not one cult.

Vedic tradition

  • Horse appears in Vedic tradition.

    The Rigveda names the horse throughout hymn speech — chariot teams, gifts, and sacrifice. A named Vedic animal in that corpus, not the Trojan Horse stratagem object and not a solar-chariot dump alone.

    from Stephanie W. Jamison and Joel P. Brereton (translation) · The Rigveda, 2014 (this translation); hymns much older

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  • Horse is sacred to Indra.

    The Ṛgveda yokes bay and prize horses to Indra’s chariot and praise — the god’s own teams in hymn speech. A named sacred animal-bond in that corpus, not the already-filed horse→vedic appears_in alone and not the aśvamedha use edge.

    from Stephanie W. Jamison and Joel P. Brereton (translation) · The Rigveda, 2014 (this translation); hymns much older

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  • Horse is used in Ashvamedha.

    In Ṛgveda aśvamedha hymn speech the horse is the offered animal of the rite — the steed whose body and praise carry the sacrifice. A named ritual use, not horse→vedic appears_in alone and not horse→sacred_to→Indra as chariot-team.

    from Stephanie W. Jamison and Joel P. Brereton (translation) · The Rigveda, 2014 (this translation); hymns much older

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Norse tradition

  • Horse appears in Norse tradition.

    Snorri’s Gylfaginning names Sleipnir and the horses of day and night among that cosmogony’s rides. A named horse in that prose, not Rigveda aśva speech alone and not the Trojan Horse stratagem object.

    from Snorri Sturluson · Gylfaginning, c. 1220

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  • Horse is sacred to Odin.

    Snorri’s Gylfaginning seats Sleipnir as Odin’s eight-legged horse among the gods’ mounts. A named horse dedicated to that god, not horse→appears_in→norse as the kind walk alone and not eight as the leg-count alone.

    from Snorri Sturluson · Gylfaginning, c. 1220

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Shinto

  • Horse appears in Shinto.

    The Kojiki has Susanoo flay a heavenly piebald horse and hurl it into the weaving hall, the outrage that drives Amaterasu into the rock-cave. A named horse in that cave-crisis narrative, not Vedic horse sacrifice and not a Trojan-horse dump.

    from Ō no Yasumaro (compiler); Donald L. Philippi (translation) · Kojiki, 712 CE; Philippi trans. 1968

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Islam

  • Horse appears in Islam.

    The Qur’an names horses among war-steeds and prized livestock in oath and provision speech. A named animal in that revelation, not a cavalry-romance dump and not the camel as desert sign alone.

    from M.A.S. Abdel Haleem (translation) · The Qur’an, 2004 (this translation); Arabic text 7th century CE

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Roman religion

  • Horse appears in Roman religion.

    Virgil’s Aeneid seats the horse among cavalry, chariot teams, and war mounts of Trojan and Italian battle. A named horse in that epic, not the Trojan Horse as the wooden ruse already walked.

    from Virgil · Aeneid, 19 BCE (unfinished at the poet’s death)

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Hellenic religion

  • Horse appears in Hellenic religion.

    Pausanias notes horses among Poseidon cult, Olympic equestrian gear, and dedications. A named horse in that periegesis, not a zodiac dump and not a modern racetrack alone.

    from Pausanias · Description of Greece, c. 150–180 CE

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  • Horse is sacred to Ares.

    Herodotus’s Scythian Ares cult sacrifices horses among the offerings at the iron-sword sanctuary. A named horse→sacred_to→ares meeting in that traveler’s speech, not horse egyptian appears_in as Book 2 attestation and not a generic cavalry dump.

    from Herodotus · Histories, c. 440s BCE

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  • Manger is used in Horse.

    The Iliad seats horses at φάτναι when divine and Achaean teams are stalled and fed. A named manger used for those horses, not a water-trough and not a generic bowl dump.

    from Homer · Iliad, c. 8th–7th century BCE (this form)

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Celtic tradition

Egyptian religion

  • Horse appears in Egyptian religion.

    Herodotus’s Egyptian logos notes horses among Egyptian arms, chariots, and royal speech. A named horse in that ethnography, not horse-hellenic appears_in already held and not horse-sacred-ares as the separate Scythian sacrifice row.

    from Herodotus · Histories, c. 440s BCE

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Chinese tradition

Buddhist traditions

  • Horse appears in Buddhist traditions.

    Watson’s Lotus Sūtra names horses among heavenly mounts and seven-treasure carriage speech of the assembly’s honor world. A named horse in that sūtra, not a zodiac dump and not ordinary cavalry alone.

    from Burton Watson (translation) · The Lotus Sutra, 1993 (this translation); Sanskrit/Chinese recensions much older

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European folklore

  • Caparison is historically related to Horse.

    Meyrick’s Inquiry seats the caparison among ornamental and armorial horse-cloths of parade and tournament harness. A named caparison in that antient-armour speech, not a crupper strap alone and not full bard plate as identity.

    from Samuel Rush Meyrick · A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour, 1824

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  • Hobby horse is historically related to Horse.

    Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable seats the Hobby-horse as the child’s plaything named from the morris-dance hobby-horse — a light wicker frame draped so a performer gambols as a horse. A named Hobby-horse in that phrase speech, not a stalking-horse, and not a bare rocking-horse dump alone.

    from Ebenezer Cobham Brewer · Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 1870 (and later PD editions)

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  • Kelpie represents Horse.

    Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable seats the Kelpie or Kelpy as a Scottish water-spirit in the form of a horse — sitting on rocks, dashing the deep, or browsing the verge — not unlike the Irish Phooka. A named Kelpie in that water-horse speech, not a banshee, not a selkie, and not a leprechaun.

    from Ebenezer Cobham Brewer · Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 1870 (and later PD editions)

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