In the Beginning, Man so angered the Lord he was cast from the Garden. In the midst of the Lord’s wrath an Angel came onto Him. The Angel asked permission to lead Mankind back again to Paradise, and wished to be given a shape to best serve Man in his exile.
This love stayed the Lord’s wrath. The Four Winds swirled into a shape of beauty that moved to thunder … the Angel took form and became the first Horse.
(excerpted from Eclipsed by Shadow)
So begins “the legend” from The Legend of the Great Horse trilogy. Legends and myth shape the world of our imagination, and none is more universal than the belief that the horse is associated with the supernatural.
This idea is seen in Western Civilization’s own Greek myths of the winged horse Pegasus.
It is also found in Islam, where Mohammed’s horse Buraq made a great leap into Heaven which left a hoofprint still to be seen in Jerusalem … according to legend, that is.