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.
Description
[edit ]Greek mythology
[edit ]- The ancient Pegasus is a mythological winged horse.
- The Hippalectryon is a half-horse, half-rooster hybrid depicted in ancient Greek art.
Hindu mythology
[edit ]- 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
[edit ]- 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
[edit ]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
[edit ]Tulpar is a winged or swift horse in Turkic mythology.
Tibetan mythology
[edit ]The Wind Horse is a winged horse from Tibetan mythology.
Ethiopian mythology
[edit ]The Ethiopian pegasus was born on an island in the Red Sea off the coast of Eritrea.[5]
Jura Mountain mythology
[edit ]Some of the Legendary horses in the Jura are depicted as winged horses.
See also
[edit ]- Hippogriff, a winged horse hybrid
References
[edit ]- ^ 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. doi:10.1023/A:1004256417426. ISSN 0022-1791. JSTOR 23448508. S2CID 169398099.
- ^ Esposito, John L., ed. (2003). "Buraq" . Oxford Dictionary of Islam. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-989120-7.
- ^ Sakalauskaite, Aida (2010). Zoometaphors in English, German, and Lithuanian: a corpus study (PhD). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
- ^ 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年10月1日.172. S2CID 135368411 . Retrieved February 28, 2022.
- ^ "Ethiopian Pegasus".
External links
[edit ]Media related to Winged horses at Wikimedia Commons
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