Results for "horses"
16 entries found.
- Knocking on wood and horseshoe customs Rite
- Horseshoe Concept
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreHorseshoe
A curved plate fixed to a horse's hoof for protection, also kept as a charm for fortune.Charm · Protection · Luck and prosperity Living
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreScottish folkloreBeul-aithris na h-Alba
The myths, creatures and beliefs of the Scottish people, recorded from ancient times to the present.Tradition · Seeing and foretelling · Protection Living
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreBarnstar
A painted or carved star used to decorate barns in parts of the United States and Canada.Charm · Luck and prosperity · Wonder and entertainment Living
🇮🇷 Iran and 5 moreHippomancy
Divination through the movements, sounds, and tracks of horsesOracle · Seeing and foretelling · Luck and prosperity Historical
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreHorse coin馬錢 (mǎ qián)
A Chinese numismatic charm depicting horses, used as game pieces or gambling tokensCharm · Luck and prosperity · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇬🇧 United KingdomMadam Pigott
A White Lady ghost of Shropshire who haunts roads and rides on horsesBeing Historical
🇬🇧 United KingdomBoobrie
A shapeshifting loch monster from Scottish folklore that preys on livestock and horses.Being · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇫🇷 FranceFarfadet
Small helpful spirits of French folklore that perform chores for foodBeing · Luck and prosperity Legendary
🇮🇪 IrelandNechtan
An Irish mythic figure tied to a wisdom-giving spring and the River BoyneBeing Legendary
🇬🇧 United KingdomFairy ridingmarcachd shìth
A Scottish Gaelic term for livestock paralysis, blamed on fairies riding the beastsBelief · Cursing and harm Historical
🇺🇸 United StatesStamping
A childhood gesture believed to capture luck from specific animals or objectsBelief · Luck and prosperity Historical
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreFairy-locks
Knots in the hair of sleepers and horses, blamed on fairies at playBelief · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇬🇧 United KingdomDunnie
A border spirit that mimics horses and sings of lost treasureBeing · Cursing and harm · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇬🇷 GreeceMares of DiomedesΔιομήδους ἵπποι
Man-eating horses from Greek myth, captured by Heracles as his eighth labourBeing · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇮🇸 Iceland and 1 moreSleipnir
Odin's eight-legged horse in Norse myth, born of Loki and a stallionBeing Legendary
🇱🇹 Lithuania and 1 moreAšvieniai
Twin horse deities of Baltic mythology who pull the sun chariotBeing · Protection Legendary
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Nechtan: sarah gallagher, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Horse coin: Etnografiska museet, CC BY 2.5, source
- Horseshoe: Cgoodwin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Fairy-locks: Tsaag Valren, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ašvieniai: Wojsyl , 2005, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Boobrie: Ole Worm - Olaus Wormius, Public domain, source
- Farfadet: User:Mattes, Public domain, source
- Hippomancy: Wer?Du?!, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Barnstar: Una Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mares of Diomedes: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sleipnir: Unknown author, CC BY 4.0, source