List of horses in mythology and folklore

This is a list of horses in mythology and folklore.

Celtic[edit]

Embarr, Niamh and Lugh's horse
Epona, Gaulish horse goddess
Kelpie, a mythical Celtic water horse
Liath Macha and Dub Sainglend, or Macha's Grey, CúChulainn's chariot horse; known as the king of all horses

Árvakr and Alsviðr, horses that pull Sól's chariot^[1]
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 Fáfnir's bane^[6]
Gulltoppr, the horse of Heimdallr^[7]
Gyllir, a horse whose name translates to "the golden coloured one"^[8]
Hamskerpir and Garðrofa, the parents of Hófvarpnir^[9]
Hengist and Horsa, leaders of the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain who are often viewed as mythologial figures^[10]
Hófvarpnir, horse of the goddess Gná^[1]
Hrímfaxi, Nótt's horse^[11]
Skinfaxi, Dagr's horse^[12]
Sleipnir, Odin's eight-legged horse^[13]
Svaðilfari, the stallion that fathered Sleipnir^[14]

Gringolet, Sir Gawain's horse
Hengroen, King Arthur's horse
The horse of Sinterklaas: in the Netherlands "Amerigo" or "Ozosnel", in Flanders "Slechtweervandaag" ("Bad weather today")
Llamrei, King Arthur's mare
Morvarc'h, the horse of Gradlon in Breton legend
The Nuckelavee, an Orcadian horse with no skin which sometimes appears to have a man astride its body
Ros Beiaard, a horse from Belgian folklore, still celebrated annually in many cities across the country.
Silili, a Babylonian king of horses
White horse of Kent
Horses of Pas-de-Calais

^ ^a ^b Simek 2008, p. 19.
^ Kálfsvísa.
^ Simek 2008, p. 78.
^ Simek 2008, pp. 111–112.
^ Simek 2008, p. 112.
^ Düwel 1988, pp. 135–136.
^ Simek 2008, p. 123.
^ Simek 2008, p. 126.
^ Hopkins 2021, p. 638.
^ Simek 2008, p. 139.
^ Simek 2008, p. 157.
^ Simek 2008, pp. 289–290.
^ Simek 2008, pp. 293–294.
^ Simek 2008, p. 305.
^ ^a ^b Atsma, Aaron. "LIST OF IMMORTAL HORSES". THEOI GREEK MYTHOLOGY. Retrieved 28 January 2018.

Gade, Kari Ellen (2017). "Anonymous Þulur, Kálfsvísa". Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages. p. 663. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
Düwel, Klaus (1988). "On the Sigurd Representations in Great Britain and Scandinavia". In Jazayery, Mohammad Ali; Winter, Werner (eds.). Languages and Cultures: Studies in Honor of Edgar C. Polomé. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 133–156. doi:10.1515/9783110864359.133. ISBN 3-11-010204-8. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
Hopkins, Joseph S. (2021). "Phantoms of the Edda: Observations Regarding Eddic Items of Unknown Provenance in the Prose Edda". Folklore and Old Norse Mythology.
Simek, Rudolf (2008). A Dictionary of Northern Mythology. Translated by Hall, Angela. BOYE6. ISBN 9780859915137.

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