Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Goldtop [Gold-top]" | Norse | Heimdal's horse. Norse |
God name "Gyller [Golden]" | Norse | One of the horses of the gods. Norse |
Spirit name "Gytrash" | Britain | A malevolent spirit that appears as a large dog or horse, and leads people astray. Britain |
"Hamskerper [Hide-hardener]" | Norse | A horse; the sire of Hofvarpner, which was Gnaa's horse. Norse |
God name "Har" | Scandinavian | The first person of the Scandinavian Trinity, which consists of Har (the Mighty), the Like Mighty, and the Third Person. This Trinity is called "The Mysterious Three," and they sit on three thrones above the Rainbow. The next in order are the Aesir, of which Odin, the chief, lives in Asgard, on the heavenly hills between earth and the Rainbow. The third order is the Vanir - the gods of the ocean, air, and clouds - of which Van Niord is the chief. Har has already påśśed his ninth incarnation; in his tenth he will take the forms first of a peaçõçk, and then of a horse, when all the followers of Mahomet will be destroyed. |
"Harpyia" | Greek | That is, "the swift robbers," are, in the Homeric poems, nothing but personified storm winds. Homer mentions only one by name, viz. Podarge, who was married to Zephyrus, and gave birth to the two horses of Achilles, Xanthus and Balius. Greek |
Goddess name "Hatasa" | Buddhist | horse goddess Buddhist |
God name "Hayagriva" | Buddhist | Patron god of horses Buddhist / Tibet |
Demon name "Hayagriva (horse neck)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | (1) The most significant minor incarnation of the god VIS'NU. He probably originated as a horse god and later became an avatara åśśociated with wisdom and knowledge. At the behest of BRAHMA, Hayagriva rescued the Vedas, stolen by two demons, from the bottom of the primeval ocean. Depicted in human form with the head of a horse and, according to the texts, eight hands. Attributes: Book (Veda), horse's mane and rosary. Also the attributes of Vis'nu. Also Hayasirsa, Vadavavaktra.(2) Patron god of horses. Buddhist-Lamaist [Tibet]. One of a group of DHARMAPALA with terrible appearance and royal attire, he is considered to be an emanation of AKSOBHYA or AMITABHA. His SAKTI is MARICI. Color: red. Attributes: horse heads, staff and trident, but also arrow, ax, banner, bow, club, flames, flower, image of Aksobhya or Amitabha on the crown, lotus, noose, prayer wheel, skin, snakes, sword and trident. Three-eyed.... |
God name "Hayasa" | Hindu | horse god, could be Hayangriva in disguise Hindu |
Goddess name "Hayasya" | Hindu | (1) horse god. Probably identical with Hayagriva.(2) horse goddess. Buddhist. Attribute: the head of a horse.... |
God name "Hebe" | Greek | The personification of youth, is described as a daughter of Zeus and Hera ( Apollodorus i), and is, according to the Iliad IV, the minister of the gods, who fills their cups with nectar; she åśśists Hera in putting the horses to her chariot and she bathes and dresses her brother Ares. She was married to Heracles after his apotheosis. Greek |
God name "Heron" | Egypt | God appearing on the monuments of the Greek and Roman eras, thought to be a horseman god Egypt |
God name "Heros" | Thrace | underworld god who is also a horseman Thrace |
God name "Heros" | Thracian | Chthonic underworld god. Depicted as a horseman. His image regularly appears on funerary stelae.... |
"Himefaxi or Rimefax [Rime-mane]" | Norse | The horse of night. Norse |
"Hippogriff" | Greek | The winged horse, whose father was a griffin and mother a horse. A symbol of love. Greek |
"Hippona" | Roman | Was regarded as the protectress of horses. Images of her, either statues or paintings, were frequently seen in niches of stables. Roman |