One of Apollo's most important daily tasks was to harness the four horses (Aethon, Pyrois, Phlegon, Eous) that were pulling his golden chariot, in order to pull the Sun across the sky every day.
Theme. Based on Greco-Roman mythology: Apollo was the god of light, purity, and the sun. In Greek mythology, he was the son of Zeus, the king of the gods. According to an epic tale, Apollo, driving a celestial horse-drawn chariot, was responsible for hauling the sun across the skies.
Although his sacred animals were the wolf, the raven and the dolphin, Apollo was also known as the god of cowherds and kept (bright red) sacred cows, the finest cattle in the world.
As the god of horses, Poseidon is thought likely to have been introduced to Greece by the earliest Hellenes, who also introduced the first horses to the country about the 2nd century bce. Poseidon himself fathered many horses, best known of which was the winged horse Pegasus by the Gorgon Medusa.
Sleipnir was the eight-legged horse born of Loki, and belonged to Odin. Loki gave birth to Sleipnir after turning himself into a female horse when his father demanded he sabotage the work of a craftsman from being able to complete the fortification of Asgard in one season.
One of Apollo's most important daily tasks was to harness the four horses (Aethon, Pyrois, Phlegon, Eous) that were pulling his golden chariot, in order to pull the Sun across the sky every day.
77 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) : "Demeter bore this horse [Areion] to Poseidon, after having sex with him in the likeness of an Erinys."
The iconography of Surya is often depicted riding a chariot harnessed by horses, often seven in number which represent the seven colours of visible light, and the seven days of the week.
Origin of the Horse
When Poseidon desired Hestia, she asked Poseidon to create the world's most beautiful animal in an attempt to cool off his advances. As a result, Poseidon created the first horse and also became the God of horses.
Pegasus (Greek: Πήγασος, translit. Pḗgasos; Latin: Pegasus, Pegasos) is one of the best known creatures in Greek mythology. He is a winged divine stallion usually depicted as pure white in color. He was sired by Poseidon, in his role as horse-god, and foaled by the Gorgon Medusa.
His attributes include the laurel wreath and lyre. He often appears in the company of the Muses. Animals sacred to Apollo include roe deer, swans, cicadas, hawks, ravens, crows, foxes, mice, and snakes.
Apollo's love for Daphne was so strong that the god of prophecy was unable to foretell his future but still, his emotions were uncontrollable. He approached the nymph whom he now saw more beautiful and virtuous than she actually was.
One day Apollo saw Coronis and became enamoured of her. He lay with her in her home, and consequently she became pregnant.
Horus or Heru, Hor, Har, Her in Ancient Egyptian, is one of the most significant ancient Egyptian deities who served many functions, most notably as god of kingship and the sky. He was worshipped from at least the late prehistoric Egypt until the Ptolemaic Kingdom and Roman Egypt.
God created horses and gave them a purpose. He made them useful to man. Horses are hard workers. They are helpful.
"Concerning the water of the Styx in Arkadia he [Hephaestion] recounts the following: while Demeter was mourning for her daughter, Poseidon intruded on her sorrow and she in anger metamorphosed into a mare; she arrived at a fountain in this form and detesting it she made the water black." Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.
The Mythology of Pegasus
Pegasus kept riding to the heavens, where he took his place among the stars. In another version of the story, Pegasus is Zeus' trusty war horse. During battle, Zeus had the power to throw lightning bolts and hurl thunder at the enemy.
His magical horse, Sleipnir, had eight legs, teeth inscribed with runes, and the ability to gallop through the air and over the sea. Odin was the great magician among the gods and was associated with runes.
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.
There is a supposition that from Archaic times Hippeia was worshiped as Athena Hippia in the Athenian Acropolis, and that her cult spread out over the countrysides of Attica. The horse was a sign of the noblemen and their military capability.
Amphitrite, in Greek mythology, the goddess of the sea, wife of the god Poseidon, and one of the 50 (or 100) daughters (the Nereids) of Nereus and Doris (the daughter of Oceanus). Poseidon chose Amphitrite from among her sisters as the Nereids performed a dance on the isle of Naxos.
Poseidon's favorite demigod son, Percy Jackson, was noted to be nearly the spitting image of his father, with the same black hair, sea-green eyes, and brooding look.
Isaiah 31:1
1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the LORD.
"You have asked a difficult thing," Elijah said, "yet if you see me when I am taken from you, it will be yours--otherwise not." As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind.