{"id":180661,"date":"2022-07-16T08:13:32","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T08:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/who-is-the-greek-god-of-horses-2\/"},"modified":"2022-07-16T08:13:32","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T08:13:32","slug":"who-is-the-greek-god-of-horses-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/who-is-the-greek-god-of-horses-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is the Greek god of horses?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/who-is-the-greek-god-of-horses-2\/#Who_is_the_Greek_god_of_horses\" title=\"Who is the Greek god of horses?\">Who is the Greek god of horses?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/who-is-the-greek-god-of-horses-2\/#What_is_the_name_of_Athenas_horse\" title=\"What is the name of Athena&#8217;s horse?\">What is the name of Athena&#8217;s horse?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/who-is-the-greek-god-of-horses-2\/#What_are_god_horse_names\" title=\"What are god horse names?\">What are god horse names?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/who-is-the-greek-god-of-horses-2\/#What_is_the_name_of_Zeus_horse\" title=\"What is the name of Zeus horse?\">What is the name of Zeus horse?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/who-is-the-greek-god-of-horses-2\/#Is_there_a_Greek_goddess_of_horses\" title=\"Is there a Greek goddess of horses?\">Is there a Greek goddess of horses?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/who-is-the-greek-god-of-horses-2\/#Who_is_Zeuss_horse\" title=\"Who is Zeus&#8217;s horse?\">Who is Zeus&#8217;s horse?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/who-is-the-greek-god-of-horses-2\/#Which_Greek_god_loved_horses\" title=\"Which Greek god loved horses?\">Which Greek god loved horses?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/who-is-the-greek-god-of-horses-2\/#Which_god_turned_into_a_horse\" title=\"Which god turned into a horse?\">Which god turned into a horse?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/who-is-the-greek-god-of-horses-2\/#What_is_the_Greek_horse_called\" title=\"What is the Greek horse called?\">What is the Greek horse called?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/who-is-the-greek-god-of-horses-2\/#What_was_Zeuss_horse_name\" title=\"What was Zeus&#8217;s horse name?\">What was Zeus&#8217;s horse name?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/who-is-the-greek-god-of-horses-2\/#What_is_Zeus_horses_name\" title=\"What is Zeus horses name?\">What is Zeus horses name?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/who-is-the-greek-god-of-horses-2\/#What_is_a_powerful_horse_name\" title=\"What is a powerful horse name?\">What is a powerful horse name?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/who-is-the-greek-god-of-horses-2\/#What_is_the_name_of_magical_horse\" title=\"What is the name of magical horse?\">What is the name of magical horse?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/who-is-the-greek-god-of-horses-2\/#What_was_Athenas_horses_name\" title=\"What was Athena&#8217;s horses name?\">What was Athena&#8217;s horses name?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/who-is-the-greek-god-of-horses-2\/#What_was_the_name_of_Poseidons_horse\" title=\"What was the name of Poseidon&#8217;s horse?\">What was the name of Poseidon&#8217;s horse?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/who-is-the-greek-god-of-horses-2\/#What_was_the_name_of_Hades_horse\" title=\"What was the name of Hades horse?\">What was the name of Hades horse?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/who-is-the-greek-god-of-horses-2\/#Who_is_the_Greek_goddess_of_horses\" title=\"Who is the Greek goddess of horses?\">Who is the Greek goddess of horses?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/who-is-the-greek-god-of-horses-2\/#Which_goddess_created_the_horse\" title=\"Which goddess created the horse?\">Which goddess created the horse?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/who-is-the-greek-god-of-horses-2\/#What_was_Athenas_horse_name\" title=\"What was Athena&#8217;s horse name?\">What was Athena&#8217;s horse name?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/who-is-the-greek-god-of-horses-2\/#What_was_the_name_of_Zeuss_winged_horse\" title=\"What was the name of Zeus&#8217;s winged horse?\">What was the name of Zeus&#8217;s winged horse?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/who-is-the-greek-god-of-horses-2\/#Is_Pegasus_Medusas_son\" title=\"Is Pegasus Medusa&#8217;s son?\">Is Pegasus Medusa&#8217;s son?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/who-is-the-greek-god-of-horses-2\/#Which_Greek_god_rode_a_horse\" title=\"Which Greek god rode a horse?\">Which Greek god rode a horse?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-23\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/who-is-the-greek-god-of-horses-2\/#What_god_is_connected_to_horses\" title=\"What god is connected to horses?\">What god is connected to horses?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-24\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/who-is-the-greek-god-of-horses-2\/#What_Greek_god_rides_a_horse\" title=\"What Greek god rides a horse?\">What Greek god rides a horse?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-25\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/who-is-the-greek-god-of-horses-2\/#Who_was_Zeuss_horse\" title=\"Who was Zeus&#8217;s horse?\">Who was Zeus&#8217;s horse?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_is_the_Greek_god_of_horses\"><\/span>Who is the Greek god of horses?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Poseidon<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_name_of_Athenas_horse\"><\/span>What is the name of Athena&#8217;s horse?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>horse Pegasus<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_god_horse_names\"><\/span>What are god horse names?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>NOTOS (Notus) The god of the South-Wind who, in the shape of a horse, drew the chariot of Zeus. PEGASOS (Pegasus) A winged immortal horse born from the neck of the beheaded Gorgon Medousa (Medusa). PEGASOI (Pegasi) A breed of winged immortal horses. PHAETHON One of the two immortal steeds of the dawn-goddess Eos.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_name_of_Zeus_horse\"><\/span>What is the name of Zeus horse?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Pegasus, in Greek mythology, a winged horse that sprang from the blood of the Gorgon Medusa as she was beheaded by the hero Perseus.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_there_a_Greek_goddess_of_horses\"><\/span>Is there a Greek goddess of horses?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>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.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_is_Zeuss_horse\"><\/span>Who is Zeus&#8217;s horse?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>ParentsPoseidon and MedusaForm<b>Winged horse<\/b>HomeMount OlympusConstellationPegasus<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Which_Greek_god_loved_horses\"><\/span>Which Greek god loved horses?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The ancient Greeks believed that they had <b>Poseidon to thank for the formation of one of their favorite and most useful animals: the horse. According to one legend, Poseidon became smitten with Demeter, who was one of the 12 Olympian gods and his sister.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Which_god_turned_into_a_horse\"><\/span>Which god turned into a horse?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Loki<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_Greek_horse_called\"><\/span>What is the Greek horse called?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Trojan horse, huge hollow wooden horse constructed by the Greeks to gain entrance into Troy during the Trojan War.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_was_Zeuss_horse_name\"><\/span>What was Zeus&#8217;s horse name?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>NOTOS (Notus) The god of the South-Wind who, in the shape of a horse, drew the chariot of Zeus. PEGASOS (Pegasus) A winged immortal horse born from the neck of the beheaded Gorgon Medousa (Medusa). PEGASOI (Pegasi) A breed of winged immortal horses. PHAETHON One of the two immortal steeds of the dawn-goddess Eos.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Zeus_horses_name\"><\/span>What is Zeus horses name?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Pegasus, in Greek mythology, a winged horse that sprang from the blood of the Gorgon Medusa as she was beheaded by the hero Perseus.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_a_powerful_horse_name\"><\/span>What is a powerful horse name?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Famously Powerful Horses of Mythology <b>Arion  a Pegasus like horse in Greek mythology that could speak. Balius  one of two immortal horse gifted by Poseidon to the hero Peleus. Gringolet  the mount of Sir Gawain. Tulpar  a winged horse in Turk mythology.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_name_of_magical_horse\"><\/span>What is the name of magical horse?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Poseidon<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_was_Athenas_horses_name\"><\/span>What was Athena&#8217;s horses name?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Trojan horse, huge hollow wooden horse constructed by the Greeks to gain entrance into Troy during the Trojan War.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_was_the_name_of_Poseidons_horse\"><\/span>What was the name of Poseidon&#8217;s horse?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It seems that from Archaic times this function was transformed into the role of the goddess Athena, who was frequently called of the Horses. According to myth, Athena taught mankind how to tame a horse and she presented Bellerophon with a golden bridle for his horse <b>Pegasus<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_was_the_name_of_Hades_horse\"><\/span>What was the name of Hades horse?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>He fathered two famous, immortal, horses: <b>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. (There&#8217;s a lovely vase painting of this, with a tiny winged horse hovering above Medusa&#8217;s headless neck.)<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_is_the_Greek_goddess_of_horses\"><\/span>Who is the Greek goddess of horses?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Epona, goddess who was patron of horses and also of asses and mules (epo- is the Gaulish equivalent of the Latin equo-; horse).<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Which_goddess_created_the_horse\"><\/span>Which goddess created the horse?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Creating the Horse There are two stories that tell how he did this. The first says that he fell in love with the goddess <b>Demeter. In order to impress her he decided to create the world&#8217;s most beautiful animal. He worked for some time and eventually produced the horse.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_was_Athenas_horse_name\"><\/span>What was Athena&#8217;s horse name?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The ancient Greeks believed that they had <b>Poseidon to thank for the formation of one of their favorite and most useful animals: the horse. According to one legend, Poseidon became smitten with Demeter, who was one of the 12 Olympian gods and his sister.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_was_the_name_of_Zeuss_winged_horse\"><\/span>What was the name of Zeus&#8217;s winged horse?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Pegasus, in Greek mythology, a winged horse that sprang from the blood of the Gorgon Medusa as she was beheaded by the hero Perseus.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_Pegasus_Medusas_son\"><\/span>Is Pegasus Medusa&#8217;s son?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Pegasus, the divine, winged white horse, <b>was the offspring of the god Poseidon and the gorgon Medusa. He was born from Medusa&#8217;s blood after she was beheaded by Perseus, arising from her head or from the blood that had seeped into the earth.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Which_Greek_god_rode_a_horse\"><\/span>Which Greek god rode a horse?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>LAMPOS (Lampus) One of the two immortal steeds of the dawn-goddess Eos. <b>NOTOS (Notus) The god of the South-Wind who, in the shape of a horse, drew the chariot of Zeus. PEGASOS (Pegasus) A winged immortal horse born from the neck of the beheaded Gorgon Medousa (Medusa).<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_god_is_connected_to_horses\"><\/span>What god is connected to horses?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Poseidon<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Greek_god_rides_a_horse\"><\/span>What Greek god rides a horse?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>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.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_was_Zeuss_horse\"><\/span>Who was Zeus&#8217;s horse?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>ParentsPoseidon and MedusaForm<b>Winged horse<\/b>HomeMount OlympusConstellationPegasus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents Who is the Greek god of horses?What is the name of Athena&#8217;s horse?What are god horse names?What is the name of Zeus horse?Is there a Greek goddess of horses?Who is Zeus&#8217;s horse?Which Greek god loved horses?Which god turned into a horse?What is the Greek horse called?What was Zeus&#8217;s horse name?What is Zeus&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[622],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pet-care"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180661"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180661\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}