The goddess Macha in the Ulster cycle is associated with this species of animal.
The goddess Macha in the Ulster cycle is associated with this species of animal. The Rig Veda explains how to ritually sacrifice this animal and a common epithet in the Iliad primarily describes Hector as their "breaker". The tenth avatar of Vishnu, Kalki, will possess a white version of this animal, and in Shinto, Susanoo throws a flayed carcass of this animal at his sister's loom. Heracles tamed four flesh-eating ones of Diomedes; Loki was impregnated to bear Sleipnir, Odin's eight-legged one; and the Lapiths fought a race of beings with the bodies of these animals, led by Chiron. For 10 points, name this animal, whose rare winged examples include Pegasus.
The goddess Macha in the Ulster cycle is associated with this species of animal.
horses [prompt "mares"]