The following is a list of fictional or mythological winged horses.
Mythology
- The ancient Pegasus is a mythological winged horse.
- Devadatta is the winged flying white horse of Kalki in Hinduism, bestowed by the god Shiva.[1]
- In Islam, Al-Buraq was a mythical steed who carried the prophet Muhammad.[2]
- Tianma was a winged 'celestial' horse in Chinese folklore.[citation needed]
- A Chollima is a mythical winged horse which originates from the Chinese classics.[citation needed]
- In Islamic tradition, Haizum is the horse of the archangel Gabriel.[3]
- Tulpar is a winged or swift horse in Turkic mythology.
- Uchchaihshravas is the white winged horse, who comes from the churning of ocean of milk story, in Indian origin, along with the four tusked white color elephant Airavatam, wishing cow Kamadhenu and many more.
Other
- The Ebony Horse is a mechanical horse with wings added to it so it could fly, first written about in the Arabian nights.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Khan, Dominique-Sila (1997). "The Coming of Nikalank Avatar: A Messianic Theme in Some Sectarian Traditions of North-Western India". Journal of Indian Philosophy. 25 (4): 411. ISSN 0022-1791. JSTOR 23448508.
- ^ Esposito, John L., ed. (2003). "Buraq". Oxford Dictionary of Islam. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-989120-7.
- ^ Sakalauskaite, Aida (2010). Zoometaphors in English, German, and Lithuanian: a corpus study (PhD). University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ Thompson, Stith (1977). The Folktale. University of California Press. p. 78. ISBN 0-520-03537-2