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• Horse-god. A132.3.1
• Horse-goddess. A132.3.2
• God rides unusual horse. A136.1.2
• Sleipnir: eight-legged horse of Odin. A136.1.2.1
• Goddess's chariot drawn by one-footed horse. A136.2.2
• Horses of the gods. (Cf. A171.1.) A155.2
• God rides through air on wind-swift horse. A171.1
• Culture hero has marvelous horses. A524.1.2
• Charioteer of the sun. Sun drives his horses and chariot across sky. A724.1
• Phaëton. Sun entrusts his chariot to another (his son) and the horses run away. The world is almost burnt up. A724.1.1
• Horse of the sun. A732.2
• Slave shoots arrow into leg of sun's horse. A732.2.1
• Rainbow is horse of rain-god. A791.7
• Lake from urine of horse. (Cf. A933.) A920.1.6
• Springs originate from horse's hoof-prints. (Cf. A901.) A941.1
• Spring from urine of horse. (Cf. A920.1.6., A933.) A941.1.1
• Spring breaks forth where fairy horse lies down. A941.1.2
• Imprint of horse in rocks. A972.4
• Flood caused by loosing fairy horse and allowing it to stale. A1012.2.1
• Horse shall wade in blood at Armageddon. A1080.1
• Three horses from dove's egg on last day. A1091.1
• Sea-waves are (manes of) sea-god's horses. A1116.1
• Lightning from heavenly horses striking hoofs against stars. A1141.3
• Cause of thunder: sounds of the horses' hoofs as gods play ball. A1142.6
• Origin of horse-whips. A1459.1.5
• Origin of horse-racing. A1535.6
• Origin of different peoples according to choice of bows and arrows or else guns, horses and cattle. Indians choose the former, whites the latter. A1614.4.3
• Creation of horse. A1881
• Horse lives from time of Adam on. A1881.0.1
• Creation of white horse. Man takes skin of horse and substitutes a white bedspread. A1881.1
• Creation of ass: proud horse. (Cf. A1730.) A1882.1
• Discourteous answer: why cow (horse) is always eating. When God (Peter) wants to use the cow (horse) the excuse is made that she (he) is eating. Curse: "May you always be eating!" (Cf. A2472.1, A2478.) A2231.1.1
• Race of ox and horse: ox must labor. Horse wins and ox must serve as draft animal. (Cf. A2515.1.) A2252.2
• Horse originally had eyes on feet: put out and became eyelike marks. (Cf. A2371.2.7.) A2262.1
• Devil gives horse four eyes; God reduces them to two. A2286.2.2
• How ox got horns. Exchanged for horse's teeth. (Cf. A2247.) A2326.1.4
• Why horse has only two eyes. (Cf. A2286.2.2.) A2332.2.1
• Where horse got his upper teeth. Borrowed them from buffalo. (Cf. A2241.) A2345.1
• Where horse got arched neck: arches neck to kick tiger from rear; remains so. A2351.6
• Why horse's penis is long. A2365.2.1.1
• Why horse has eye-like marks on forelegs. (Cf. A2262.1.) A2371.2.7
• Color of horse. A2411.1.6.1
• Dragon from transformed horse. White horse plunges into water and is changed into a dragon. B11.1.2
• Dragon as modified horse. B11.2.1.7
• Hero's dogs (horse) prevent dragon's heads from rejoining body. (Cf. B11.2.3.) B11.11.2
• Animal with body of horse, legs of hound. B14.2
• Horse with fire-breathing nostrils. (Cf. B19.1.) B15.5.1
• Six-legged horse. B15.6.3.1.1
• Ghormuhas: men's bodies, horses' heads, one leg, cannibals. (Cf. B21.) B15.7.5
• Devastating horse. B16.1.3
• Hostile horse. B17.1.4
• Infuriated horses kill driver. B17.1.4.1
• Horse born of egg. Mythical hero will come riding on such a horse. B19.3
• Immortal horses. B19.3.1
• Mythical horse belonging to water-spirit. B19.3.2
• Glowing animals. Horses, swine, etc. which glow. (Cf. B15.4.2.) B19.4
• Horse with golden mane. B19.5
• Centaur: man-horse. Trunk and head of man, body of horse. B21
• Norse man-horse: "fingalkn" or "fingalp". B21.1
• Body and hands human, head and ears those of a horse. B21.2
• Man with horse's mouth. B21.3
• Dog-headed man has mane of horse (cattle). B25.1.1
• Lamia. Face of woman, body of serpent (or body of sow, and legs of horse). B29.1
• Bird-horse. B41
• Pegasus. Winged horse. B41.1
• Flying horse. Sometimes represented as having wings, sometimes as going through the air by magic. B41.2
• Angel horse. Horse draws angels' chariot. B41.2.1
• Hippogriff. Horse with fore-quarters of griffin. B42.1
• Sea horse. Horse living in sea. B71
• Golden horse. (Cf. B181.) B102.2
• Truth-speaking horse. B133
• Horse warns hero of danger. B133.1
• Horse reveals treachery. (Cf. B131.2.) B133.2
• Speaking horse-head. The helpful magic horse (B181) is killed (B330). The head is preserved and placed on the wall. It speaks and reveals the treachery practiced against the heroine. B133.3
• Horse refuses to carry one who speaks falsehood. B133.4
• Horses refuse to remain with owner who has been cursed by clerics. B133.4.1
• Prophetic horse. B141.2
• Horse weeps for master's (saint's) approaching death. B141.2.1
• Horses determine road to be taken. They are left to pick out the road themselves and to stop at the destination. B151.1.1
• Horses travel between clerics without guidance. B151.1.1.0.1
• Horse stops where murder has occurred. B151.1.1.0.2
• Horse allowed to go as it pleases, finds unknown person. B151.1.1.0.3
• Neighing of horse indicates important spot. B155.4
• Horse lies down when grain of wheat falls from load. B159.2
• Magic horse. B184.1
• Horse (mule) with magic speed. B184.1.1
• Horse so fast fly cannot light on him. B184.1.1.1
• Horse as swift as a bird. B184.1.1.2
• Swiftest horse on earth. B184.1.1.3
• Magic horse goes underground. B184.1.2
• Magic horse from water world. B184.1.3
• Magic horse travels on sea or land. B184.1.4
• Breath of magic horse blows off or sucks in those he pursues. B184.1.5
• Flight on magic horse. B184.1.6
• Flight on invisible horse. B184.1.6.1
• Magic horse avenges hero's death. B184.1.7
• [First Edition: B181.8. Magic horse wins horse-race.] B181.8[1st ed.]
• Immortal horse. B184.1.8
• Magic horse mysteriously recognized by everyone. B184.1.9
• Magic horse makes prodigious jump. B184.1.10