Is there a god of horses?

Poseidon, in ancient Greek religion
Greek religion
Religion in Greece is dominated by the Greek Orthodox Church, which is within the larger communion of the Eastern Orthodox Church. It represented 90% of the total population in 2015 and is constitutionally recognized as the "prevailing religion" of Greece.
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, god of the sea (and of water generally), earthquakes, and horses
. He is distinguished from Pontus, the personification of the sea and the oldest Greek divinity of the waters.
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Who is the Roman god of horses?

Epona, goddess who was patron of horses and also of asses and mules (epo- is the Gaulish equivalent of the Latin equo-; “horse”).
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What god rode a horse?

BOREAS The god of the North-Wind who, in the shape of a horse, drew the chariot of Zeus.
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Is there a Greek goddess of horses?

Epona was the goddess of the craft of horse breeding. She ensured the fertility of the breeding stock, nurturing and protecting the mares, stallions and foals.
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What is the name of Hades horse?

Alastor, a black horse belonging to the Greek God Hades. He was one of the four horses drawing Hades's chariot when he rose from the Underworld to bring Persephone down with him. The other three were Orphnaeus, Aethon, and Nycteus. Alastor, in Christian demonology, came to be considered a kind of possessing entity.
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Did Zeus turn into a horse?

Zeus turns into an animal again.

He transformed himself into a beautiful, gentle bull — so gentle that Europa pet him and eventually climbed onto his back, at which point Zeus (still in bull form) raced to the sea and began to swim toward Crete. Europa would become the queen of Crete and bear Zeus a number of sons.
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What was the name of Odin's horse?

Sleipnir, in Norse mythology, the god Odin's magical horse. See Odin.
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What is the name of a mythical horse?

Pegasus, the most famous flying horse owned by Hercules from Greek mythology.
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What was Hercules horses name?

Pegasus (vocal effects by Frank Welker) is the winged horse of Hercules, created by Zeus out of clouds.
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Where is the horse god?

The Horse God can be found at the aptly named Malanya Spring, near the also very topical Lake of the Horse God, located southeast of Zelda's most popular water feature, Lake Hylia.
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Does Zeus have a horse?

The winged horse became a constellation and the servant of Zeus. The spring Hippocrene on Mount Helicon was believed to have been created when the hoof of Pegasus struck a rock.
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What are the names of Poseidon's horses?

He fathered two famous, immortal, horses: Pegasus and Arion. Pegasus was born by delayed action: Poseidon slept with Medusa, and later, when Perseus cut off her head, the horse Pegasus sprang from her neck.
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Who was the ugliest god?

Hephaestus. Hephaestus is the son of Zeus and Hera. Sometimes it is said that Hera alone produced him and that he has no father. He is the only god to be physically ugly.
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Who created the horse?

Poseidon drew the ocean and took control of the Sea (Zeus drew the sky and Hades the Underworld). One of Poseidon's most famous deeds is the creation of the horse.
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Did Ares have a horse?

THE HIPPOI AREIOI (Horses of Ares) were four immortal horses named Aithon (Aethon), Phlogios (Phlogius), Konabos (Conabus) and Phobos (Phobus) which drew the chariot of the god Ares.
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What is a half horse half human called?

Centaur, Greek Kentauros, in Greek mythology, a race of creatures, part horse and part man, dwelling in the mountains of Thessaly and Arcadia.
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Is Pegasus a name or breed?

Pegasus is a term used to describe any winged horse, but is used most often to describe the mythological beast of the same name, most famous in Greek mythology. Pegasus was the offspring of the god Poseidon and the Gorgon Medusa.
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Is Trojan Horse real story?

Actually, historians are pretty much unanimous: the Trojan Horse was just a myth, but Troy was certainly a real place.
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What is a dark horse in Greek mythology?

In Greek mythology, Arion or Areion (Ancient Greek: Ἀρίων, Ἀρείων), is a divinely-bred, fabulously fast, black-maned horse. He saved the life of Adrastus, king of Argos, during the war of the Seven against Thebes. Arion was (by most accounts) the offspring of Poseidon and Demeter.
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What is Cinderella's horses name?

Major is Cinderella's horse as well as a friend of the mice and Bruno from Disney's 1950 animated feature film, Cinderella. He originally belonged to Cinderella's father, who later gave him to her as a gift before his untimely death.
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