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Phantom, Zorro's white horse in the Disney series Zorro; Pokey, the pony from The Gumby Show; Polka-Dotted Horse, Ludicrous Lion's horse from H.R. Pufnstuf; Ringo, the black horse with the white star ridden by Josh Randall in all but the first few episodes of the TV series Wanted Dead or Alive; Saddle Club horses from The Saddle Club; Scout ...
The names Skinfaxi and Hrímfaxi mean "shining mane" and "frost mane", respectively. Skinfaxi pulls Dagr's chariot across the sky every day and his mane lights up the sky and earth below. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Similarly, "froth" is believed to fall from Hrímfaxi's bit to the earth and become dew .
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 ...
"Night-Shining White" (Chinese: 照夜白圖) is a monochrome ink-on-paper painting by the Chinese artist Han Gan. It is an example of Tang dynasty painting, created in the middle of the 8th century (circa 750). The work depicts a cavalry horse owned by the Emperor Xuanzong (reign 712–56) of the Tang dynasty, tethered to a post. It is ...
The Norse night goddess Nótt riding her horse, in a 19th-century painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo. A night deity is a goddess or god in mythology associated with night, or the night sky. They commonly feature in polytheistic religions. The following is a list of night deities in various mythologies.
In Norse mythology, Árvakr (Old Norse "early awake" [1]) and Alsviðr ("very quick" [2]) are the horses which pull the sun, or Sól's chariot, across the sky each day. [2] It is said that the gods fixed bellows underneath the two horses' shoulders to help cool them off as they rode.
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The 3,000-year-old Uffington White Horse hill figure in England.. White horses have a special significance in the mythologies of cultures around the world. They are often associated with the sun chariot, [1] with warrior-heroes, with fertility (in both mare and stallion manifestations), or with an end-of-time saviour, but other interpretations exist as well.