Horses in tales and legends. (Cf. B41.1, B41.2, B103, B133, B149.1, B151, B181, B811.1.) — Mythoi

Motif

Horses in tales and legends. (Cf. B41.1, B41.2, B103, B133, B149.1, B151, B181, B811.1.)

Animals. · Miscellaneous animal motifs. · Miscellaneous animal motifs. · view the constellation · filed as B802

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-Roman Pausanias's Description of Greece , Book 2
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XLIX XLIX. Ancient Deities of Vegetation as Animals
Depth Commentary Psychology of the Unconscious: A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido , Part II — CHAPTER VI
Norse The First Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus , Book 3

Cited in the index

general **Howey Horse in Magic and Myth passim
general *Malten Jahrb. d. Kaiserl. deutschen archäologischen Inst. XXIX (1914) 179ff.

Within the index

Filed under Miscellaneous animal motifs.

Filed beside it

Elephants in folktales Sacred animals Animals try in vain to repair sleigh. They get unsatisfactory materials Long-lived animals Faithful old dog to be killed Immortal animals Wild animals herded Monkeys construct a bridge across the ocean Lions placed in city to prevent entrance Man unharmed in den of animals. (Cf. B771.2.1.) When cow calls her calf, all cattle graze Birds perch on ears of cows Each of grazing herd of cows eats same amount Man and bear in the rick of hay. The bear, persecuted by wolves, runs onto the hay-rick where the man was hidden, and defends himself from the wolves with bunches of hay Animal avenges injury

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Treasure-producing animals Truth-speaking horse Animal determines road to be taken Magic quadrupeds – felidae Pegasus. Winged horse Flying horse. Sometimes represented as having wings, sometimes as going through the air by magic Sacred horse. (Cf. B802.)

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