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Winged Horses
A winged horse, flying horse, or pterippus is a kind of Legendary creature, mythical creature, mostly depicted as a horse with the wings of a bird. Winged horses appear in the mythologies of various cultures including, but not limited to, Greek mythology, Chinese mythology, Chinese Mythology, and Hindu mythology. Multiple types and variations of mythological horses exist across cultures, however, of those that can fly, many possess winged features, avian or otherwise. European mythos Greco-Roman The greek winged horse, Pegasus, was sired by Poseidon or, in Roman myth, by Neptune, from Medusa. Often portrayed as a white horse with feathered white wings, he was the steed of the Greek hero Bellerophon, Bellerophron until they both met their demise at the hands of Zeus. He also has a Pegasus (constellation), constellation, and is often considered the 'prototypical' model for winged horses in both ancient and modern depictions. Additionally, Selene, Greek goddess of the Moon, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pegaz Opera Poznań
The BPL Pegaz 011 is a Serbian tactical unmanned aerial vehicle developed by the Military Technical Institute in Belgrade, which premiered at the Partner 2011 arms fair. Specifications Operators * – 353rd Reconnaissance Squadron of the Serbian Air Force and Air Defence See also References External links Military Technical Institute Pegaz page {{Military Technical Institute Belgrade Military Technical Institute Belgrade Unmanned military aircraft of Serbia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Of Bletterans
The canton of Bletterans is an administrative division of the Jura department, eastern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Bletterans. It consists of the following communes: # Abergement-le-Petit #Arlay # Aumont # Barretaine # Bersaillin # Biefmorin # Bletterans # Bois-de-Gand # Brainans # Champrougier # Chapelle-Voland # La Charme # La Chassagne # Le Chateley # Chaumergy # La Chaux-en-Bresse # Chemenot # Chêne-Sec # Colonne # Commenailles # Cosges # Darbonnay # Desnes # Les Deux-Fays # Fontainebrux # Foulenay # Francheville # Grozon # Larnaud # Lombard # Mantry #Miéry # Monay # Montholier # Nance # Neuvilley # Oussières # Passenans # Plasne #Quintigny # Recanoz # Relans # Les Repôts # Ruffey-sur-Seille #Rye # Saint-Lamain #Saint-Lothain # Sellières # Sergenaux # Sergenon # Toulouse-le-Château # Tourmont #Vers-sous-Sellières Vers-sous-Sellières is a commune in the Jura departmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Classics
The Chinese classics or canonical texts are the works of Chinese literature authored prior to the establishment of the imperial Qin dynasty in 221 BC. Prominent examples include the Four Books and Five Classics in the Neo-Confucian tradition, themselves an abridgment of the Thirteen Classics. The Chinese classics used a form of written Chinese consciously imitated by later authors, now known as Classical Chinese. A common Chinese word for "classic" () literally means 'warp (weaving), warp thread', in reference to the techniques by which works of this period were bound into volumes. Texts may include ''shi'' (, 'Chinese historiography, histories') ''zi'' ( 'master texts'), Chinese philosophy, philosophical treatises usually associated with an individual and later systematized into schools of thought but also including works on agriculture, Traditional Chinese medicine, medicine, mathematics, Chinese astronomy, astronomy, divination, art criticism, and other miscellaneous wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qianlima
The ''qianlima'' (; also ''chollima'' or ''cheollima'' in Korean, and ''senrima'' in Japanese; ) is a mythical horse that originates from the Chinese classics and is commonly portrayed in East Asian mythology. The winged horse is said to be too swift and elegant to be mounted by any mortal man and is named after its ability to travel one thousand li (unit), li in a single day. Since the 3rd century BCE, the ''qianlima'' was used as a metaphor for exceptionally talented people and animals, such as Red Hare. The ''chollima'' is an important symbol in North Korea and is the namesake of the Chollima Movement. China Beginning around the 3rd century BCE, Chinese classics mention Bole (mythology), Bole, a mythological horse-tamer, as an wikt:exemplar, exemplar of horse judging. Bole is frequently associated with the fabled ''qianlima'' () "thousand-''miles'' horse", which was supposedly able to gallop one thousand ''Li (unit), li'' (approximately 400 km) in a single day (e.g. Red ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor Wu Of Han
Emperor Wu of Han (156 – 29 March 87BC), born Liu Che and courtesy name Tong, was the seventh Emperor of China, emperor of the Han dynasty from 141 to 87 BC. His reign lasted 54 years – a record not broken until the reign of the Kangxi Emperor more than 1,800 years later – and remains the record for ethnic Han Chinese, Han emperors. His reign resulted in a vast expansion of geopolitical influence for the Sinosphere, Chinese civilization, and the development of a strong centralized state via governmental policies, economical reorganization and promotion of a hybrid legalism (Chinese philosophy), Legalist–Confucianism, Confucian doctrine. In the field of historical social and cultural studies, Emperor Wu is known for his religious innovations and patronage of the poetic and musical arts, including the development of the Music Bureau, Imperial Music Bureau into a prestigious entity. It was also during his reign that cultural contact with western Eurasia was greatly incre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tianma
Tianma ( ', "heavenly horse") was a winged (perhaps metaphorically) flying horse in Chinese folklore. Mythology The Tianma is a flying horse that was sometimes depicted with chimerical features such as dragon scales and was at times attributed the ability to sweat blood, possibly inspired by the parasite '' Parafilaria multipapillosa'', which infected the highly sought-after Ferghana horse (), sometimes conflated with Tianma. Tianma, the flying horse, is clearly connected to Pegasus from the Western Han dynasty artwork and in the Tang dynasty sources, as coming from Hellenized Central Asia. In the Western Zhou Empire, Tianma referred to a constellation. Tianma is also associated with Emperor Wu of Han Emperor Wu of Han (156 – 29 March 87BC), born Liu Che and courtesy name Tong, was the seventh Emperor of China, emperor of the Han dynasty from 141 to 87 BC. His reign lasted 54 years – a record not broken until the reign of the Kangxi ..., an aficionado of the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Făt-Frumos
Făt-Frumos (from Romanian language, Romanian ''făt'': son, infant; ''frumos'': handsome) is a knight hero in Romanian folklore, as exemplified in the fairy tale ''Făt-Frumos with the Golden Hair''. Făt-Frumos has to go through tests and obstacles that surpass ordinary men's power. With dignity, he always brings these to a positive resolution. He fights demonic monsters and malevolent characters (''zmeu'', ''balaur'', ''Muma Padurii, Muma Pădurii'', etc.). He travels in both "this land" and "the other land" (''tarâmul celălalt'') on the ''Calul Năzdrăvan'' ("The Marvellous Horse"), who also serves as his counsellor. Akin to Prince Charming, he possesses such essential attributes as courage, purity, justness, physical and spiritual strength, cleverness, passion, and unshakable love. Făt-Frumos also displays some minimal abilities in performing miracles, as well as total commitment to a task once his word is given and to the monarch he serves. In some tales, he is so pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folklore Of Romania
The folklore of Romania is the collection of traditions of the Romanians. A feature of Culture of Romania, Romanian culture is the special relationship between folklore and the learned culture, determined by two factors. First, the rural character of the Romanian communities resulted in an exceptionally vital and creative traditional culture. Folk creations (the best known is the ballad Miorița) were the main literary genre until the 18th century. They were both a source of inspiration for cultivated creators and a structural model. Second, for a long time learned culture was governed by official and social commands and developed around courts of princes and boyars, as well as in monasteries. Overview Creation of the world Stories suggest God made the Earth with the help of animals, while Satan, the Devil was trying to thwart his plans.Cosma, Aurel. ''Cosmogonia poporului român'' (The Cosmogony of the Romanian People) (1942). Bucharest: Tipografia Ziarului "Universul".Leemin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odin
Odin (; from ) is a widely revered god in Norse mythology and Germanic paganism. Most surviving information on Odin comes from Norse mythology, but he figures prominently in the recorded history of Northern Europe. This includes the Roman Empire's partial occupation of Germania ( BCE), the Migration Period (4th–6th centuries CE) and the Viking Age (8th–11th centuries CE). Consequently, Odin has hundreds of names and titles. Several of these stem from the reconstructed Proto-Germanic theonym ''Wōðanaz'', meaning "lord of frenzy" or "leader of the possessed", which may relate to the god's strong association with poetry. Most mythological stories about Odin survive from the 13th-century ''Prose Edda'' and an earlier collection of Old Norse poems, the ''Poetic Edda'', along with other Old Norse items like '' Ynglinga saga''. The ''Prose Edda'' and other sources depict Odin as the head of the pantheon, sometimes called the Æsir, and bearing a spear and a ring. Wid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sleipnir
In Norse mythology, Sleipnir (Old Norse: "slippy"Orchard (1997:151). or "the slipper"Kermode (1904:6).) is an eight-legged horse ridden by Odin. Sleipnir is attested in the ''Poetic Edda'', compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the ''Prose Edda'', written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In both sources, Sleipnir is Odin's steed, is the child of Loki and Svaðilfari, is described as the best of all horses, and is sometimes ridden to the location of Hel. The ''Prose Edda'' contains extended information regarding the circumstances of Sleipnir's birth, and details that he is grey in color. Sleipnir is also mentioned in a riddle found in the 13th-century legendary saga '' Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks'', in the 13th-century legendary saga ''Völsunga saga'' as the ancestor of the horse Grani, and book I of '' Gesta Danorum'', written in the 12th century by Saxo Grammaticus, contains an episode considered by many scholars to involve Sleipnir. Slei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gná And Hófvarpnir
In Norse mythology, Gná (Old Norse) is a goddess who runs errands in other worlds for the goddess Frigg and rides the flying, sea-treading horse Hófvarpnir (Old Norse "he who throws his hoofs about",Simek (2007:157). "hoof-thrower"Lindow (2001:146). or "hoof kicker"Byock (2005:43).). Gná and Hófvarpnir are attested in the ''Prose Edda'', written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. Scholarly have proposed that Gná is a "goddess of fullness" and, in the 1800s, as potentially cognate to Fama from Roman mythology. Hófvarpnir and the eight-legged steed Sleipnir have been cited examples of transcendent horses in Norse mythology. Attestations In chapter 35 of the ''Prose Edda'' book ''Gylfaginning'', the enthroned figure of High provides brief descriptions of 16 ásynjur. High lists Gná thirteenth, and says that Frigg sends her off to different worlds to run errands. High adds that Gná rides the horse Hófvarpnir, and that this horse has the ability to ride through the ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
