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
Greek mythology
- The ancient Pegasus is a mythological winged horse.
- The Hippalectryon is a half-horse, half-rooster hybrid depicted in ancient Greek art.
Hindu mythology
- Devadatta is the winged flying white horse of Kalki in Hinduism, bestowed by the god Shiva.
- 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.
Islam mythology
- In Islam, Al-Buraq was the steed who carried Muhammad in the Isra' and Mi'raj.
- In Islamic tradition, Haizum is the horse of the archangel Gabriel.
Chinese mythology
Tianma was a winged 'celestial' horse in Chinese folklore. A Qianlima is a mythical winged horse which originates from the Chinese classics.
Turkic mythology
Tulpar is a winged or swift horse in Turkic mythology.
Tibetan mythology
The Wind Horse is a winged horse from Tibetan mythology.
Ethiopian mythology
The Ethiopian pegasus was born on an island in the Red Sea off the coast of Eritrea.
Jura Mountain mythology
Some of the Legendary horses in the Jura are depicted as winged horses.
See also
- Hippogriff, a winged horse hybrid
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. 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): 172β176. doi:10.1515/char.2010.10.1.172. S2CID 135368411. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
- "Ethiopian Pegasus".
External links
Media related to Winged horses at Wikimedia Commons
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