Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Echraidhe" | Celtic | Celtic horse Goddess |
"Eckhardt" | German | In German legends, appears on the evening of Maundy Thursday to warn all persons to go home, that they may not be injured by the headless bodies and two-legged horses which traverse the streets on that night. |
God name "Ek Chuah" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of merchants. Also the deity responsible for the cacao crop. (The cacao bean was traditionally the standard currency throughout Mesoamerica.) Probably of Putun origin, he is typically depicted painted black, except for a red area around the lips and chin. He has a distinctive downwardly projecting lower lip, horseshoe shapes around each eye and a highly elongated nose. He may also bear a scorpion's tail. Other attributes include a carrying strap in his headdress and sometimes a pack on his back. Also God M.... |
Goddess name "Epona" | Celtic | Divine horse. Mother Goddess and goddess of horses. Celtic |
God name "Epos Olloatir" | Celtic | horse God often seen as either a male or male representation and masculine aspect of Epona. Celtic |
Goddess name "Eriiys" | Greek | Chthonic goddess of wrath. According to legend she was a consort of POSEIDON by whom she bore the fabulous horse Areon. By implication she may also have been a grim maternal figure who engendered all horses. She may be equated with a wrathful DEMETER who is sometimes given the epithet Erinys. Erinys appears in the collec tive form of three Erinyes, their heads covered with snake locks and bearing torches from the underworld. In the Iliad they are described as those who beneath the earth punish dead men, whoever has sworn a false oath. In Roman mythology they are the Furies.... |
God name "Falhofner [Hollow-hoof]" | Norse | One of the horses of the gods. Norse |
King name "Finvarra" | Ireland | Is the High king of the Daoine Sidhe in Irish folklore. In some legends, he is also the king of the Dead. Finvarra is a benevolent figure who ensures good harvests, strong horses, and great riches to those who will åśśist him. Ireland |
Demon name "Furcas" | Christian | A Knight of Hell, and rules twenty legions of demons. He teaches Philosophy, Astronomy, Rhetoric, Logic, Chiromancy and Pyromancy. He is depicted as a cruel old man with a long beard and hairy head, riding a pale horse. Christian demonology |
"Galathe" | Greek | Hector's horse. Greek |
Goddess name "Gardrofa" | Norse | The goddess Gnaa has a horse by name Hofvarpner. The sire of this horse is Hamskerper, and its mother is Gardrofa. Norse |
Demon name "Garuda (the devourer)" | Hindu / Vedic | Archaic Sun god and Divine vehicle. Originally depicted as a solar deity, Garuda evolved into a bird-like human hybrid who became the deified mount of VIS'NU. Also a chief adversary of nagas (snake-like demons), which he devours. In early depictions Garuda has a parrot's beak. Said to have been born from an egg, the son of Vinata and KASYAPA. Epithets include Amrtaharana, Garutman, Tarksya. Attributes: conch, club, lotus and nectar, but may also bear the attributes of Vis'nu.(2) Mount or vahana of VAJRAPANI. Buddhist. Attributes: flower, horse-head, noose, skin and staff. Three-eyed and three-headed.... |
God name "Genneas" | Syrian | A Syrian Sun god likes to ride horses. |
God name "Gisl [Sunbeam]" | Norse | One of the horses of the gods. Norse |
God name "Glad [Clear" | Norse | Bright]. One of the horses of the gods. Norse |
God name "Gler [The glåśśy]" | Norse | One of the horses of the gods. Norse |
"Gnaa" | Norse | She is the messenger that Frigg sends into the various worlds on her errands. She has a horse called Hofvarpenr, that can run through air and water. Norse |
"Goldfax [Gold-mane]" | Norse | The giant Hrungner's horse. Norse |