Motif
Human-animal hybrid beings with horse heads
human_animal_hybrid_beings_with_horse_heads
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family, within the sub-family Animal Forms, Hybrids, and Boundaries. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
hindu
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The Ramayan of Valmiki THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426.; lines 64029-64181 confidence: high
“Beings with the body of a man and the head of a horse.”
The notes describe beings of human body or shape with the head of a horse, also compared to centaurs reversed.
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