μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Flying horse. Sometimes represented as having wings, sometimes as going through the air by magic.

Animals. · Mythical animals. · Bird-beasts. · view the constellation · filed as B41.2

Filed across the traditions
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Buddhist myth Malalasekera II 838, 1358
  • Indo-Chinese Scott Indo-Chinese 314.
  • general *Chauvin V 228 No. 130
  • general Fb "hest" IV 211a
  • general BP II 134
  • general *Hdwb. d. deutschen Märchens s. v. "Arabische Motive"
  • general Penzer II 224
  • general Rösch FFC LXXVII 110 – Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 43 (Sleipnir), 185 (Hofvarpnir). – Arabian: Burton I 160, V 246 n., VI 8, VII 46, 53, S II 85
Within the index

Filed under Bird-horse.

1 finer motif beneath it
Angel horse. Horse draws angels' chariot
Filed beside it
Pegasus. Winged horse
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Escape on flying horse. (Cf. B41.2.) Horses in tales and legends. (Cf. B41.1, B41.2, B103, B133, B149.1, B151, B181, B811.1.)

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