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has gloss | eng: Horse worship is a pagan practice that existed in Europe in the Iron Age and perhaps the Bronze Age. The horse was seen as divine, as a sacred animal associated with a particular deity, or as a totem animal impersonating the king or warrior. Horse cults and horse sacrifice were originally a feature of Eurasian nomad cultures. While horse worship has been almost exclusively associated with Indo-European culture, by the Early Middle Ages it was also adopted by Turkic peoples. Chronology of horse worship Bronze Age The Uffington White Horse, dating to between 1400 and 600 BC, is possible evidence of horse worship in the Bronze Age. |
lexicalization | eng: horse worship |
instance of | c/Horses in culture and religion |
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