List of horses in mythology and folklore

This is a list of horses in mythology and folklore.

Celtic

 * Embarr, Niamh and Lugh's horse
 * Epona, Gaulish horse goddess
 * Kelpie, a mythical Celtic water horse
 * Liath Macha and Dub Sainglend, or Macha's Grey, CúChulainn's chariot horse; known as the king of all horses

Germanic

 * Árvakr and Alsviðr, horses that pull Sól's chariot
 * Blóðughófi, Freyr's horse
 * Falhófnir, a horse of the gods
 * Glað, a horse of the gods
 * Glær, a horse listed in both the Grímnismál and Gylfaginning
 * Grani, the horse of Sigurð Fáfnir's bane
 * Gulltoppr, the horse of Heimdallr
 * Gyllir, a horse whose name translates to "the golden coloured one"
 * Hamskerpir and Garðrofa, the parents of Hófvarpnir
 * Hengist and Horsa, leaders of the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain who are often viewed as mythologial figures
 * Hófvarpnir, horse of the goddess Gná
 * Hrímfaxi, Nótt's horse
 * Skinfaxi, Dagr's horse
 * Sleipnir, Odin's eight-legged horse
 * Svaðilfari, the stallion that fathered Sleipnir

Greek and Roman

 * Arion, an immortal, extremely swift horse
 * Balius and Xanthos, Achilles' horses
 * Hippocampus, a sea horse that pulled Poseidon's chariot
 * Mares of Diomedes, which fed on human flesh
 * Pegasus, flying horse of Greek mythology
 * Phaethon, one of the two immortal steeds of the dawn-goddess Eos
 * Rhaebus, the horse of Mezentius in Roman myths
 * Sterope, horse of the sun-god Helios
 * Trojan Horse
 * Equuleus, Hippe transformed into a foal (now a constellation)

Slavic

 * Jabučilo, horse of Momčilo
 * Šarac, horse of Prince Marko of Serbian epic poetry
 * Sivko-Burko, the "Gray-Brown" Horse of Slavic folktales
 * Ždralin, horse of Miloš Obilić
 * Calul Năzdrăvan, winged or swift advisor and horse of Făt-Frumos

Proto-Indo-European

 * Dyaus Pita, the Sky Father, who appears as a horse

Asian

 * Uchchaihshravas, Indra's horse in Hindu mythology
 * Keshi, a horse demon slain by Krishna in the Bhagavata Purana
 * Tikbalang, the demon horse in Philippine folklore
 * Tulpar, the winged or swift horse in Turkic mythology

Other

 * Gringolet, Sir Gawain's horse
 * Hengroen, King Arthur's horse
 * The horse of Sinterklaas: in the Netherlands "Amerigo" or "Ozosnel", in Flanders "Slechtweervandaag" ("Bad weather today")
 * Llamrei, King Arthur's mare
 * Morvarc'h, the horse of Gradlon in Breton legend
 * The Nuckelavee, an Orcadian horse with no skin which sometimes appears to have a man astride its body
 * Ros Beiaard, a horse from Belgian folklore, still celebrated annually in many cities across the country.
 * Silili, a Babylonian king of horses
 * White horse of Kent
 * Horses of Pas-de-Calais