What Are Brook Horses And Why They Are Famous?
The brook horse, known as the "Bäckahäst" in Swedish mythology, provides a fascinating and grim element of the mythological animals linked with water sources within Scandinavian tradition. Originating from Norse tradition, the mythology of the brook horse predominates in rural legends, describing a ghostly creature that emerges out of foggy waters to lead the unfortunate to their demise.
Typically characterized as a magnificent white horse that appears near rivers, streams, or lakes, the brook horse emanates an appealing aura that is virtually hard for humans, particularly youngsters, to resist. However, despite its alluring beauty, this creature conceals a wicked goal. According to mythology, once someone climbs the horse, they get attached to it. The brook horse then rushes into the water, pulling its prey under the surface to a watery end.
Apart from only being a cautionary tale urging people to be alert near hazardous waterways, the brook horse is also thought to be a representation of the unexpected force of nature and water. This is mirrored in the fact that the horse is typically represented as gaining strength from the efforts of its prisoners, growing more powerful as it absorbs their life energy.
The stream horse also connects in with larger European legendary traditions, like the Scottish Kelpie or the Germanic Nix, both water spirits that also acquired equine shapes and were considered to be treacherously alluring. The somber tale around the stream horse attempts to underline the synergy between the beauty and danger of nature, as well as to develop a feeling of reverence for the environment and its invisible risks.
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❝ like runaway horses, it's a long way back home again when every step is a silver prayer in the face of a hard wind // upcoming rhett abbott x oc fic
across the montana state line; past the cattle ranches and the fenced-in pastures filled with horses; down a rough dirt road that becomes damn near untenable in a good rain storm, winding through fields of wildflowers and sun-bleached brush until the land drops away into wide open skies; is a little house. a half-wild thing.
or a broken-hearted rhett abbott helps luke tillerson's fiancée skip town and over the course of a year, begins again.
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"They couldn't make blazing saddles today." My brother in Christ you'd be the one calling it woke blm propaganda.
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Death. Art by Brooke Penrose, from the Tarot of The Crystal World.
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Possible first look at JK Coe in S4.
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Today's lesser known cryptid is: The Windhorse
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“eh… little close there.” sorry kieran. i thought you’d like to see my horse. her name is esperanza isn’t she pretty.
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life is difficult BUT ALSO there are bears
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Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack.
New York City, 1954. Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a nineteenth-century equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance.
Washington, DC, 2019. Jess, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia, and Theo, a Nigerian-American art historian, find themselves unexpectedly connected through their shared interest in the horse--one studying the stallion's bones for clues to his power and endurance, the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black horsemen who were critical to his racing success.
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RJR Jolene enjoying the breeze. :)
All thanks to the Red River Estate for this beautiful mare!
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