'''Matsukaze''', which means "wind in the pines", was the name of the legendary horse of ''Maeda Keijia'', a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku Period through
...h selective breeding of only the finest horses available. But unlike other horses, he refused to let anyone ride him and eventually ran away. Nobody knew how
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...ng Thessaly in Greece. They were celebrated for their power of subjugating horses, and especially for their war against the [[Centaur]]s.
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According to Pliny the Elder, they shared an island with two other legendary races: the [[Panotti]] and [[Oeonae]].
...n the Baltic Sea] . . . [and] the Hippopodes on which people are born with horses' feet, which gives them their Greek name." - Pliny the Elder, ''Natural His
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In Zulu mythology, '''Abatwa''' are legendary little people from the southern regions who are so small they can hide bene
...then move on. When out on a hunt, or traveling to distant lands, they ride horses, usually the entire group upon a single animal, sitting from the neck to th
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'''El Sombrerón''' is a legendary character in South America and a bogeyman figure in Mexico.
...likes to mount horses and braid their tails and manes. When he cannot find horses, he braids dogs. He also likes to court young ladies who have long hair and
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The '''Portunes''' is a legendary race that was fabled to live in England.
...hey would take over the reins of travelling horsemen, and lead the hapless horses on merry rides through the wild countryside, finally leading them into a po
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A '''Yahoo''' is a legendary being in the novel ''Gulliver's Travels'' (1726) by Jonathan Swift.
...st Lemuel Gulliver, who finds the calm and rational society of intelligent horses, the [[Houyhnhnm]]s, far preferable.
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...other Boobries may attempt to distract the sailors by assuming the form of horses and running across the surface of the water. Should the Boobrie be denied i
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...n the Baltic Sea] . . . [and] the Hippopodes on which people are born with horses' feet, which gives them their Greek name; there are others called the Panot
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...with dragon scales in Chinese mythology. Seeing a longma was an omen of a legendary sage-ruler, particularly one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
* Waley, Arthur. 1955. ''The Heavenly Horses of Ferghana: A New View,'' History Today 5:95-103.
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'''Zilant''' or '''Ajdaha''' is a legendary dragon in Turkic (Tatar) and Russian mythology which is mentioned in legend
...g snakes, symbolized the evil rulers of the neighboring pagan peoples. The legendary burning of the snakes may symbolize the victory of Islam over paganism. Sce
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...bout the Brooks by night to see what he could pick up for supper, like few horses, or cows maybe, he'd snap 'em up soon as look at 'em. Then bimeby he took t
And he didn't want no more telling-pudden, horses, tug, they was gone in a blink. Jimmy ud agone, too, only he hung on to one
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...ek centaur origins back to the Gandharvas who in Vedic mythology drove the horses from the Sun but it is now accepted that they were a primitive and rough po
...Magnesian mares and conceived the Centaurs. The Centaurs had the bodies of horses, and the upper torsos of men.
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Sometimes he drives a black coach drawn by headless horses.
...and they drive a black cart (called the Coiste Bodhar) drawn by six black horses and whips them with his whip made of a human spinal cord .
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...ern Mongolia. Most mainstream scientists consider the Almas to be a purely legendary creature.
...ildtberger also recorded one of the first European sightings of Przewalski horses. (Manuscript in the Munich Municipal Library, Sign. 1603, Bl. 210).
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* [[Ch'ou-T'i]] - A legendary Chinese creature with a head both front and back.
...een a lion and an eagle believed by Virgil's commentator Servius to loathe horses.
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...n he is called Dahag or Bevar-Asp, the latter meaning "[he who has] 10,000 horses". Aži (nominative ažiš) is the Iranian Avestan word for "serpent" or "dr
* In the TV series Xena, Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, the evil deity Dahak is based on Azhi Dahaka.
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...n he is called Dahag or Bevar-Asp, the latter meaning "[he who has] 10,000 horses". Aži (nominative ažiš) is the Iranian Avestan word for "serpent" or "dr
* In the TV series Xena, Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, the evil deity Dahak is based on Azhi Dahaka.
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...and men (such as [[Perseus]]). His dark chariot, drawn by four coal-black horses, always made for a fearsome and impressive sight. His other ordinary attri
In ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'', Hades first appears as a villain who kidnaps Persephone but bec
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...y of creatures such as ravens, night-owls, snakes, scorpions, asses, bats, horses, bears, and lions as her creatures is not always a dark and frightening one
...s are most commonly used. [[Dragon]]s are also included, as Hecate and her legendary priestess Medea were both said to ride chariots pulled by dragons. Several
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