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{{Short description|White horse in mythology and cultural traditions}}
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[[File:White horse from air.jpg|thumb|300px|The [[Bronze Age|3,000-year-old]] [[Uffington White Horse]] [[hill figure]] in England.]]
'''White horses''' have a special significance in the [[mythology|mythologies]] of cultures around the world. They are often associated with the [[sun chariot]],<ref name="Tresidder">''The Complete Dictionary of Symbols'' by Jack Tresidder, Chronicle Books, 2005, {{ISBN|978-0-8118-4767-4}}, page 241. [https://books.google.com/books?id=MV25OktTqLIC&dq Google books copy]</ref> with warrior-heroes, with fertility (in both [[mare]] and [[stallion]] manifestations), or with an [[Eschatology|end-of-time]] saviour, but other interpretations exist as well. Both [[white (horse)|truly white horses]] and the more common [[gray (horse)|grey horses]], with completely white hair coats, were identified as "white" by various religious and cultural traditions.

==Portrayal in myth==
[[Image:Kalki Avatar.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The Hindu world saviour [[Kalki]] with his white Horse. Punjab Hills, Guler, c. 1765.]]

From earliest times, white horses have been mythologised as possessing exceptional properties, transcending the normal world by having wings (e.g. [[Pegasus]] from Greek mythology), or having horns (the [[unicorn]]). As part of its legendary dimension, the white horse in myth may be depicted with seven heads ([[Uchaishravas]]) or eight feet ([[Sleipnir]]), sometimes in groups or singly. There are also white horses which are divinatory, who prophesy or warn of danger.

As a rare or distinguished symbol, a white horse typically bears the hero- or god-figure in ceremonial roles or in triumph over negative forces. [[Herodotus]] reported that white horses were held as [[sacred animals]] in the [[Achaemenid]] court of [[Xerxes the Great]] (ruled 486–465 BC), while in other traditions the reverse happens when it was sacrificed to the gods.

In more than one tradition, the white horse carries [[patron saints]] or the world saviour in the end times (as in [[Judaism]], [[Christian eschatology|Christianity]], and [[Islamic eschatology|Islam]]), is associated with the sun or sun chariot ([[Ossetia]]) or bursts into existence in a fantastic way, emerging from the sea or a lightning bolt.

Though some mythologies are stories from earliest beliefs, other tales, though visionary or metaphorical, are found in liturgical sources as part of preserved, on-going traditions (see, for example, "Iranian tradition" below).

==Mythologies and traditions==

===European===

====Celtic====
In [[Welsh mythology]], [[Rhiannon]], a mythic figure in the [[Mabinogion]] collection of legends, rides a "pale-white" horse.<ref>''The Four Branches of the Mabinogi: The Mabinogi of Pwyll'' by Will Parker (Bardic Press: 2007) {{ISBN|978-0-9745667-5-7}}. [http://www.mabinogi.net/pwyll.htm online text]. Retrieved November 2008.</ref> Because of this, she has been linked to the Romano-Celtic fertility horse goddess [[Epona]] and other instances of the veneration of horses in early Indo-European culture.<ref name="Hyland">[[Ann Hyland|Hyland, Ann]] (2003) ''The Horse in the Ancient World''. Stroud, Sutton Publishing. {{ISBN|0-7509-2160-9}}. Page 6.</ref>
In Irish Myth [[Donn]] "god of the dead" portrayed as a phantom horseman riding a white horse, is considered an aspect of [[The Dagda]] "the great God" also known as "the horseman" and is the origin of the [[Irish language|Irish]] "Loch nEachach" for [[Loch Neagh]]. In Irish myth horses are said to be symbols of sovereignty and the [[sovereignty goddess]] [[Macha]] is associated with them. One of [[Cúchulainn]]'s chariot-horses was called [[Liath Macha]] or "Macha's Grey"{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

[[File:The-Winged-Horse.jpg|thumb|left|[[Bellerophon]] riding Pegasus]]
The [[La Tène culture|La Tène]] style [[hill figure]] in England, the [[Uffington White Horse]] dates back to the [[Bronze Age]] and is similar to some [[Celtic coinage|Celtic coin]] horse designs.

In Scottish folklore, the [[kelpie]] or [[each uisge]], a deadly supernatural water demon in the shape of a horse, is sometimes described as white, though other stories say it is black.

====Greek====
In [[Greek mythology]], the white winged horse [[Pegasus]] was the son of [[Poseidon]] and the [[gorgon]] [[Medusa]]. Poseidon was also the creator of horses, creating them out of the [[breaking waves]] when challenged to make a beautiful land animal.

A secondary pair of twins fathered by Zeus, [[Amphion and Zethus]], the legendary founders of [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]], are called "Dioskouroi, riders of white horses" (λευκόπωλος) by [[Euripides]] in his play ''[[The Phoenician Women]]'' (the same epithet is used in ''Heracles'' and in the lost play ''Antiope'').<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sanko|first=Siarhei|date=2018|title=Reflexes of Ancient Ideas about Divine Twins in the Images of Saints George and Nicholas in Belarusian Folklore|journal=Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore|volume=72|pages=15–40|doi=10.7592/fejf2018.72.sanko|issn=1406-0957|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Roman|first1=Luke|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tOgWfjNIxoMC|title=Encyclopedia of Greek and Roman Mythology|last2=Roman|first2=Monica|date=2010|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-2639-5|pages=58|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022:text=Library:book=3:chapter=5:section=5|title=Apollodorus, Library, book 3, chapter 5, section 5|website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref>

====Norse====
{{main|Horses in Germanic paganism}}
[[File:Ardre Odin Sleipnir.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Tjängvide image stone]] is thought to show Odin entering [[Valhalla]] riding on [[Sleipnir]].]]
In [[Norse mythology]], [[Odin]]'s eight-legged horse [[Sleipnir]], "the best horse among gods and men", is described as grey.<ref name=FAULKES>Faulkes, Anthony (Trans.) (1995). ''Edda'', page 36. [[Everyman's Library|Everyman]]. {{ISBN|0-460-87616-3}}</ref> Sleipnir is also the ancestor of another grey horse, [[Grani]], who is owned by the hero [[Sigurd]].<ref name=MORRIS>[[William Morris|Morris, William]] (Trans.) and [[Eiríkr Magnússon|Magnússon, Eiríkr]] (Trans.) (2008). ''The Story of the Volsungs'', page 54. Forgotten Books. {{ISBN|1-60506-469-6}}</ref>

====Slavic====
In [[Slavic mythology]], the war and fertility deity [[Svantovit]] owned an oracular white horse; the historian [[Saxo Grammaticus]], in descriptions similar to those of [[Tacitus]] centuries before, says the priests divined the future by leading the white stallion between a series of fences and watching which leg, right or left, stepped first in each row.<ref>[http://www.veneti.info/en/articles/columns/203-the-trinity-j- The Trinity-Тројство-Триглав] @ veneti.info, quoting Saxo Grammaticus in the "Gesta Danorum".</ref>

====Hungarian====
One of the titles of God in [[Hungarian mythology]] was [[Hadúr]], who, according to an unconfirmed source, wears pure copper and is a metalsmith. The Hungarian name for God was, and remains "Isten" and they followed Steppe [[Tengriism]].{{citation needed|date=October 2015}} The ancient [[Magyars]] sacrificed white stallions to him before a battle.<ref name="Kover">''Peeps at Many Lands – Hungary'' by H. T. Kover, READ BOOKS, 2007, {{ISBN|978-1-4067-4416-3}}, page 8. [https://books.google.com/books?id=zqYux2DF6AcC Google books copy]</ref>
Additionally, there is a story (mentioned for example in ''[[Gesta Hungarorum]]'') that the Magyars paid a white horse to [[Moravia]]n chieftain [[Svatopluk I]] (in other forms of the story, it is instead the [[Bulgars|Bulgarian]] chieftain [[Salan]]) for a part of the land that later became the [[Kingdom of Hungary]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2008}}
Actual historical background of the story is dubious because Svatopluk I was already dead when the first Hungarian tribes arrived. On the other hand, even [[Herodotus]] mentions in his ''[[Histories (Herodotus)|Histories]]'' an Eastern custom, where sending a white horse as payment in exchange for land means [[casus belli]]. This custom roots in the ancient Eastern belief that stolen land would lose its fertility.{{Citation needed|date=December 2008}}

===Iranian===
In [[Zoroastrianism]], one of the three representations of [[Tishtrya]], the [[Hypostasis (linguistics)|hypostasis]] of the star [[Sirius]], is that of a white stallion (the other two are as a young man, and as a bull). The divinity takes this form during the last 10 days of every month of the [[Zoroastrian calendar]], and also in a [[Cosmogony|cosmogonical]] battle for control of rain. In this latter tale (''[[Yasht]]'' 8.21–29), which appears in the [[Avesta]]'s hymns dedicated to Tishtrya, the divinity is opposed by [[Apaosha]], the demon of drought, which appears as a black stallion.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Brunner|first=Christopher J.|chapter=Apōš|title=Encyclopaedia Iranica|volume=2|year=1987|location=New York|publisher=Routledge & Kegan Paul|pages=161–162}}</ref>

White horses are also said to draw divine chariots, such as that of [[Aredvi Sura Anahita]], who is the Avesta's divinity of the waters. Representing various forms of water, her four horses are named "wind", "rain", "clouds" and "sleet" (''[[Yasht]]'' 5.120).



===Hindu===

White horses appear many times in [[Hindu mythology]] and stand for the sun.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kak |first1=Subhash |title=The Aśvamedha: The Rite and Its Logic |date=2002 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=9788120818774 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ORuGLCLc7OkC&q=a%C5%9Bvamedh%C3%A1&pg=PP11 |language=en}}</ref> The [[Vedas|Vedic]] [[horse sacrifice]] or ''[[ashvamedha]]'' was a fertility and kingship ritual involving the sacrifice of a sacred grey or white stallion.<ref name="Dallapiccola">''[[Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend]]'' by Anna L. Dallapiccola. Thames and Hudson, 2002. {{ISBN|0-500-51088-1}}.</ref>

[[File:Uchchaihshravas1.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Uchchaihshravas]]]]

In the [[Puranas]], one of the precious objects that emerged during the legend of the [[Samudra Manthana|churning of the ocean]] by the [[Deva (Hinduism)|devas]] and the [[Asura|asuras]] was [[Uchaishravas|Uchchaihshravas]], a snow-white horse with seven heads.<ref name="Dallapiccola"/> Turaga was another divine white horse that emerged from the ocean and taken by the sun god [[Surya]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dalal |first1=Roshen |title=Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide |date=2010 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=9780143414216 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DH0vmD8ghdMC&q=white+horse+hinduism&pg=PA424 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=bigelow |first1=mason |title=Isles of Wonder: the cover story |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=9781326407360 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uzM1DwAAQBAJ&q=uchchaihshravas&pg=PA401 |language=en}}</ref> Uchchaihshravas was at times ridden by [[Indra]], the king of the devas. Indra is depicted as having a liking for white horses in several legends – he often steals the sacrificial horse to the consternation of all involved, such as in the story of [[Sagara (Vedic king)|Sagara]],<ref>''The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa: Book 3, Vana Parva''. Translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli, 1883–1896.Section CVII. [http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/m03107.htm online edition at Sacred Texts]. Retrieved November 2008.</ref> or the story of King [[Prithu]].<ref>[http://srimadbhagavatam.com/sb/4/19/36/ ''Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 4, Chapter 19: King Pṛthu's One Hundred Horse Sacrifices''] translated by The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.</ref>

The chariot of the solar deity [[Surya]] is drawn by seven horses, alternately described as all white, or as the colours of the rainbow.

[[Hayagriva]], an [[avatar]] of [[Vishnu]], is worshipped as a god of knowledge and wisdom. His iconography depicts him with a human body and a horse's head, brilliant white in colour, with white garments, and seated on a white lotus. [[Kalki]], the tenth [[Dasavatara|incarnation of Vishnu]] and final world saviour, is predicted to appear riding a white horse, or in the form of a white horse.<ref name="Dallapiccola"/>

===Buddhist===
[[Kanthaka]] was a white horse that was a royal servant and favourite horse of Prince Siddhartha, who later became [[Gautama Buddha]]. Siddhartha used Kanthaka in all major events described in [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] texts prior to his renunciation of the world. Following the departure of Siddhartha, it was said that Kanthaka died of a broken heart.<ref name="encyc">{{cite book|title=Encyclopaedia of Buddhism| last = Malasekera| first = G. P. |year =1996| publisher = [[Government of Sri Lanka]]}}</ref>

===Abrahamic===

====Jewish====
The [[Book of Zechariah]] twice mentions coloured horses; in the first passage there are three colours (red, dappled, and ''white''), and in the second there are four teams of horses (red, black, ''white'', and finally dappled) pulling chariots. The second set of horses are referred to as "the four spirits of heaven, going out from standing in the presence of the Lord of the whole world." They are described as patrolling the earth and keeping it peaceful.

====Christian====
[[File:George novgorod.jpg|right|thumb|A 15th-century [[icon]] of St. George from [[Novgorod]].]]
In the [[New Testament]], the [[Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]] include one seated on a white horse<ref>New Testament: Book of Revelation, Ch 6:2 (NIV)</ref> and one on a pale horse – the "white" horse carried the rider Conquest (traditionally, Pestilence) while the "pale" horse carried the rider Death.<ref>New Testament: Book of Revelation, Ch 6:8 (NIV)</ref> However, the Greek word ''chloros'', translated as ''pale,'' is often interpreted as sickly green or ashen grey rather than white. Later in the [[Book of Revelation]], Christ rides a white horse out of [[heaven]] at the head of the armies of heaven to judge and make war upon the earth.<ref>New Testament: Book of Revelation, Ch 19:11-6 (NIV)</ref>

Two Christian saints are associated with white steeds: [[James, son of Zebedee|Saint James]], as patron saint of Spain, rides a white horse in his martial aspect.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bartleby.com/81/11639.html |title=''Dictionary of Phrase and Fable'' by E. Cobham Brewer, 1898 |publisher=Bartleby.com |access-date=29 April 2010}}</ref><ref>''The Pilgrimage to Compostela in the Middle Ages'' by Maryjane Dunn and Linda Kay Davidson. Routledge, 2000. Page 115. {{ISBN|978-0-415-92895-3}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=BKvsDUvvveYC&pg=PA115&lpg#PPA118,M1 Google books copy]. Retrieved November 2008.</ref><ref>''The Arts in Latin America, 1492–1820'' by [[Joseph J. Rishel]] and Suzanne L. Stratton. Yale University Press, 2006. page 318. {{ISBN|978-0-300-12003-5}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=kKEbug3uVWUC&pg=PA318&lpg= Google books copy]. Retrieved November 2008.</ref> [[Saint George]], the patron saint of horsemen<ref>[http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-george/ Patron Saints Index: Saint George]. Retrieved November 2008.</ref> among other things, also rides a white horse.<ref>''The Meaning of Icons'' by Vladimir Lossky. St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1982. {{ISBN|978-0-913836-99-6}}. page 137. [https://books.google.com/books?id=AVyyTmTgKzEC&pg=PA137&lpg= Google books copy]. Retrieved November 2008.</ref> In [[Ossetia]], the deity [[Uastyrdzhi]], who embodied both the warrior and sun motifs often associated with white horses, became identified with the figure of St. George after the region adopted Christianity.<ref>[http://uasdin.ru/philology/49-uastyrdzhi-i-nart-batraz-v-sisteme-osetinskojj.html The Religion of Ossetia: Uastyrdzhi and Nart Batraz in Ossetian mythology]. Retrieved November 2008.</ref>

''[[Gesta Francorum]]'' contains a description of the [[First Crusade]], where soldiers fighting at [[Siege of Antioch|Antioch]] claimed to have been heartened by a vision of St. George and white horses during the battle: ''There came out from the mountains, also, countless armies with white horses, whose standards were all white. And so, when our leaders saw this army, they ... recognised the aid of Christ, whose leaders were St. George, Mercurius, and Demetrius.''<ref>''Gesta Francorum:The Defeat of Kerbogha'', excerpt online at [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/gesta-cde.html Medieval Sourcebook]. Retrieved November 2008.</ref>

====Islamic====
[[Islamic culture]] tells of a white creature named ''[[Buraq|Al-Buraq]]'' who brought [[Muhammad]] to [[Jerusalem]] during the [[Isra and Mi'raj|Night Journey]]. Al-Buraq was also said to transport [[Abraham]] ([[Abraham in Islam|Ibrâhîm]]) when he visited his wife [[Hagar]] ([[Hagar in Islam|Hājar]]) and son [[Ishmael]] ([[Ishmael in Islam|Ismâ'îl]]). According to tradition, Abraham lived with one wife ([[Sarah]]) in [[Syria]], but Al-Buraq would transport him in the morning to [[Mecca|Makkah]] to see his family there, and then take him back to his Syrian wife in the evening. ''Al-Burāq'' ({{lang-ar|البُراق}} ''al-Burāq'' "lightning") isn't mentioned in the ''[[Quran]]'' but in some ''[[hadith]]'' ("tradition") literature.<ref>
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[[Twelvers|Twelver Shī'a]] Islamic traditions envisage that the [[Mahdi]] will appear riding a white horse.<ref>
{{cite book
| last1 = Gilkes
| first1 = F. Carl Gilkes
| last2 = Gilkes
| first2 = R. Carl Gilkes
| title = Introduction to the Endtimes
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=mPlPS5hgrqwC
| publisher = Xulon Press
| date = 2009
| page = 51
| isbn = 9781615791057
| access-date = 26 January 2016
| quote = The Muslims expect their own savior, the [[twelfth Imam|twelfth Iman]], the [[Muhammad al-Mahdi|Muhammad d'ul Mahdi]], to come to the earth before Jesus returns. Their Mahdi will solve all their problems ... they believe that their twelfth Iman will come riding a white horse.
}}
</ref>

===Far East===

====Korean====
A huge white horse appears in [[Korean mythology]] in the story of the kingdom of [[Silla]]. When the people gathered to pray for a king, the horse emerged from a bolt of lightning, bowing to a shining egg. After the horse flew back to heaven, the egg opened and the boy [[Hyeokgeose of Silla|Park Hyeokgeose]] emerged. When he grew up, he united six warring states.

====Philippines====
The city of [[Pangantucan, Bukidnon|Pangantucan]] has as its symbol a white stallion who saved an ancient tribe from massacre by uprooting a [[bamboo]] and thus warning them of the enemy's approach.

====Vietnamese====
The city of [[Hanoi]] honours a white horse as its [[patron saint]] with a temple dedicated to this revered spirit, the ''White Horse'' or ''Bach Ma Temple'' ( "bach" means ''white'' and "ma" is ''horse''). The 11th-century king, Lý Công Uẩn (also known as King [[Lý Thái Tổ]]) had a vision of a white horse representing a [[dryad|river spirit]] which showed him where to build his citadel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thingsasian.com/stories-photos/1067 |title=1995 article with images by Barbara Cohen |publisher=Thingsasian.com |access-date=29 April 2010}}</ref>

===Native American===
In [[Blackfoot mythology]], the snow deity [[Aisoyimstan]] is a white-coloured man in white clothing who rides a white horse.

==Literature and art==
[[File:Finelady.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The statue of the "fine lady upon a white horse" at Banbury Cross.]]
The mythological symbolism of white horses has been picked up as a [[trope (literature)|trope]] in literature, film, and other storytelling. For example, the [[Prince Charming|heroic prince]] or [[Knight-errant|white knight]] of [[fairy tales]] often rides a white horse. [[Unicorn]]s are (generally white) horse-like creatures with a single horn. And the English [[nursery rhyme]] "[[Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross]]" refers to a lady on a white horse who may be associated with the Celtic goddess [[Rhiannon]].<ref name="Banbury">{{cite web|url=http://www.kton.demon.co.uk/banbury.htm |title=''A Possible Solution to the Banbury Cross Mystery'' |publisher=Kton.demon.co.uk |access-date=29 April 2010}}</ref>

A "white [[palfrey]]" appears in the fairy tale "[[Virgilius the Sorcerer]]" by [[Andrew Lang]]. It appears in ''[[The Violet Fairy Book]]'' and attributes more than usual magical powers to the ancient Roman poet [[Virgil]] (see also [[Virgil#Mysticism and hidden meanings]]).

Gandalf, a protagonist and wizard in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' rides on his white mount [[Middle-earth#Sapient animals|Shadowfax]], who is described as being silver in color. Later in the series, Gandalf becomes known as ''White Rider.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.henneth-annun.net/bios_view.cfm?scid=128|title=Character Bios: Shadowfax|publisher=Henneth-Annun Story Archive|access-date=2021-08-30}}</ref>

The British author [[G. K. Chesterton]] wrote an epic poem titled ''Ballad of the White Horse.'' In Book I, "The Vision of the King," he writes of earliest England, invoking the white horse hill figure and the gods:

{{poemquote|Before the gods that made the gods
Had seen their sunrise pass,
The White Horse of the White Horse Vale
Was cut out of the grass.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://infomotions.com/etexts/gutenberg/dirs/etext99/botwh10.htm |title=Chesterton, G.K.''Ballad of the White Horse'' (1929) (need additional citation material) |publisher=Infomotions.com |date=31 December 2001 |access-date=29 April 2010}}</ref>}}
''[[The Rip (song)|The Rip]]'', a 2008 song by Portishead also invokes the imagery of white horses

{{poemquote|Wild, white horses
They will take me away
And the tenderness I feel
Will send the dark underneath
Will I follow?<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/Portishead-the-rip-lyrics|publisher=[[Genius (website)|Genius]]|access-date=2021-08-30|title=Genius.com - Portishead the rip lyrics}}</ref>}}

The white horse is a recurring motif in [[Henrik Ibsen|Ibsen's]] play ''[[Rosmersholm]]'', making use of the common [[Norse mythology|Norse]] folklore that its appearance was a portent of death. The basis for the superstition may have been that the horse was a form of [[Church Grim]], buried alive at the original consecration of the church building (the doomed protagonist in the play was a pastor), or that it was a materialisation of the ''[[Fylgja|fylgje]]'', an individual's or family's [[Tutelary deity|guardian spirit]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Holtan|first=Orley|title=Mythic Patterns in Ibsen's Last Plays|url=https://archive.org/details/mythicpatternsin0000holt|url-access=registration|year=1970|publisher=University of Minnesota Press|location=Minneapolis|isbn=978-0-8166-0582-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/mythicpatternsin0000holt/page/55 55–6]}}</ref>

==See also==
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Horse in Chinese mythology]]
*[[Horses in Germanic paganism]]
*[[Horse sacrifice]]
*[[Horse worship]]
*[[List of fictional horses]]
*[[Sun mythology]]
*[[White (horse)]]
*[[White horse (disambiguation)]]
*[[White horse of Kent]]
*[[White Horse Prophecy]]
*[[White Horse Stone]]
*[[Legendary horses in the Jura]]
{{div col end}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://archive.org/details/TheWhiteHorse Audio recording of a White Horse legend from Newfoundland, Canada]
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