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Horse skull concealed under buildings
Scandinavian Peninsula, horse skulls have been found concealed in the structures of buildings, usually under the foundation or floor. Horse skulls have also been
Horse_skulls
Village in Derbyshire, England
floorboards, only to discover 29 horse skulls with all of their lower jaws missing. They hypothesised that these skulls were remains from a legendary battle
Bonsall,_Derbyshire
Horse used by mounted horse riders for sport, recreation or transportation
BCE. The earliest evidence suggesting horses were ridden dates to about 3500 BCE, where evidence from horse skulls found at site in Kazakhstan indicated
Riding_horse
Subspecies of mammal
returned several hides and skulls to St. Petersburg and described the horse's behavior in the wild. A number of these horses were captured around 1900
Przewalski's_horse
of the horse has three major functions in the body. It protects vital organs, provides framework, and supports soft parts of the body. Horses typically
Skeletal_system_of_the_horse
Magic intended to turn away harm or evil influences
household from witchcraft. These included specially-prepared witch bottles, horse skulls and the bodies of dried cats, as well as shoes (see concealed shoes)
Apotropaic_magic
South Wales Christmas folk custom
Wales. The tradition entails the use of an eponymous hobby horse which is made from a horse's skull mounted on a pole and carried by an individual hidden under
Mari_Lwyd
Costumed character
are meant to represent the horse (or other animal) itself. They have a head made of wood, or sometimes an actual horse's skull is used; it usually has hinged
Hobby_horse
One of the harbours of Constantinople, built by Theodosius on the Sea of Marmara
including amphorae, pottery fragments, shells, pieces of bone, horse skulls, and nine human skulls found in a bag, dating back to 6000 BC. Various findings
Harbour_of_Eleutherios
Hidden midden in buildings
objects such as written charms (known as apotropaic marks), dried cats, horse skulls, and witch bottles in the structure of a building, but concealed shoes
Concealed_shoes
(1960). His interpretations of ritual practices (such as identifying horse skulls beneath Novgorod log houses as sacrificial offerings) contributed to
Valentin_Sedov
Folk custom from Kent, England
Maylam noted that the use of a horse's skull was not impossible, for such skulls had also been used in the hobby horse traditions of other parts of Britain
Hoodening
Extinct genus of birds
rigid and stiff skulls. Despite the differences, studies have shown the two types handled prey similarly, while the more rigid skulls and resulting larger
Kelenken
Extinct subspecies of plains zebra from South Africa and Namibia
can be problematic, as early taxidermists sometimes used donkey and horse skulls inside their mounts when the originals were unavailable. The quagga is
Quagga
Magical item
a common custom to hide objects such as written charms, dried cats, horse skulls, concealed shoes, and witch bottles in the structure of a building. Folk
Witch_bottle
Character in Welsh mythology
in the traditions of the Mari Llwyd whose wassailing customs centre a horse skull, and match Rhiannon's geographic distribution in Wales. The Adar Rhiannon
Rhiannon
Dried cats put inside walls
resins for embalming them. Apotropaic magic Church grim Concealed shoes Horse skulls Witch bottles "Dried Cats". Apotropaios. Retrieved 2018-05-10. Harte
Dried_cat
Horse equipment that fits in the mouth and is used to direct the horse
The bit is an item of a horse's tack. It usually refers to the assembly of components that contacts and controls the horse's mouth, and includes the cheekpieces
Bit_(horse)
Practices believed to use supernatural powers
anti-witch marks, witch bottles, witch balls, and burying objects such as horse skulls inside the walls of buildings. Another believed cure for bewitchment
Witchcraft
Ceremonies associated with construction
Cornerstone Dried cat Foundation deposit Groundbreaking Hitobashira Horse skulls Masonic manuscripts Time capsule Topping out Votive offering One or
Builders'_rites
2002 novel by M. John Harrison
most often with the body of an old woman in a maroon wool coat, with a horse's skull for a head which may be similar to its original form. Harrison appears
Light_(novel)
List of people who had severe injuries or died from accidents related to horses
Sweden, split his skull when his horse stumbled and fell. Emily Davison, English suffragette, threw herself in front of the King's horse at the Derby in
List_of_horse_accidents
Religious cake to commemorate the dead
a horse's skull called the "Old Warb" and visited farmer's houses for drink and money. Barber (1910) believes the use of an imitation of a horse's head
Soul_cake
Painting by Georgia O'Keeffe from 1936
paintings featuring animal skulls and inspired by New Mexico desert O'Keeffe completed between 1934 and 1936. The juxtaposition of skull and landscape imagery
Summer Days (Georgia O'Keeffe)
Summer_Days_(Georgia_O'Keeffe)
Town in New York, United States
census. The name of the town is derived from the number of bleached horses' skulls once found there. Horseheads is north of the city of Elmira, upon which
Horseheads,_New_York
2017 studio album by Wolf Alice
Rowsell's aunt, Helen, "playing the classic game of 'dance round the horse's skull in your Sunday best'". The accompanying music video for "Don't Delete
Visions_of_a_Life
Legendary serpent from German-speaking Luxembourg
castle in regular intervals, hoarding this treasure and hiding it in a horse skull. When bathing, as it needs to do occasionally, the Schießschlange temporarily
Schießschlange
Church in Elsdon, Northumberland, England
opening, and in it, nearly filling the cavity, were three horse skulls. When found, the three skulls were standing on their bases in a triangular form, mouths
St_Cuthbert's_Church,_Elsdon
Suburban rail line in Istanbul
amphorae, pottery fragments, shells, pieces of bone and horse skulls, and nine human skulls found in a bag, dating back to 6,000 BCE. Glass artefacts
Marmaray
9th and 10th century Hungarian campaign
Emperor Leo the Wise underlines the importance of horses to their military tactics. Analysis of horse skulls found in Hungarian warriors graves has not revealed
Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin
Hungarian_conquest_of_the_Carpathian_Basin
Use of horses for sport or work
Equestrianism (from Latin equester, equestr-, equus, 'horseman', 'horse'), commonly known as horse riding (Commonwealth English) or horseback riding (American
Equestrianism
Horse culture plays a large role in the daily and national life in Mongolia. It is traditionally said that "A Mongol without a horse is like a bird without
Horse_culture_in_Mongolia
Type of folk play
group of men accompanied a hobby horse (either a wooden head, with jaws operated by strings, or a real horse's skull, painted black and red, mounted on
Mummers'_play
Ford in Pecos County, Texas
crossing. The source of the name "Horsehead" has been attributed to horse skulls said to have marked the banks. This may have been due to Comanches, who
Horsehead_Crossing
Varangian prince, founder of Kievan Rus'
place where the bones lay. When he touched the horse's skull with his boot a snake slithered from the skull and bit him. Oleg died, thus fulfilling the prophecy
Oleg_the_Wise
Supernatural character from Central American folklore
revealing a grotesque true form, commonly represented as a fleshless skull or the head of a horse. Scholars hypothesize that the Sihuanaba and its variants originated
Sihuanaba
rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. The horse in Nordic mythology is the most important animal in terms of its role, both
The_horse_in_Nordic_mythology
German fairy tale
pitcher, he feels weary halfway on his return, and takes a nap using a horse's skull as pillow This does not prevent him from oversleeping, and the daughter
How Six Made Their Way in the World
How_Six_Made_Their_Way_in_the_World
Character in Hamlet
fake skull. Skulls of Yorick have been made from materials such as wood, plaster, papier-mâché, fibreglass, and plastic. However, real human skulls have
Yorick
Sculpture in Georgetown, Texas, U.S.
Monstrance for a Grey Horse is a granite sculpture of a horse's skull on a pedestal by James Acord, installed on the Southwestern University campus in
Monstrance_for_a_Grey_Horse
Iron Age archaeological culture in Eastern Europe
cauldron on a hollow stand, two skeletons, and seven horse skulls. This practice of human and horse sacrifices is not known from earlier Nomadic Scythian
Scythian_culture
Ceremony for a person who has died
It was custom for an officiant to walk in front of the coffin with a horse's skull; this tradition was still observed by Welsh peasants up until the 19th
Funeral
1984 collection by M. John Harrison
uncomfortable images: insect-masks recur, and the Mari Llwyd (the rib-boned horse-skull of folklore), and technological decay (as with the unforgettable, filthy
Viriconium_Nights
Belief in witchcraft in Europe
anti-witch marks, witch bottles, witch balls, and burying objects such as horse skulls inside the walls of buildings. People believed that bewitchment could
European_witchcraft
Asphalt pit or asphalt lake
lions, a mammal that flourished in the Pleistocene. A well-preserved horse skull was also found in the Binagadi asphalt lake. It is estimated to be 96–120
Tar_pit
2008 film directed by Steven Spielberg
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, as Spielberg found it more inviting a title and actually named the plot device of the crystal skulls. Lucas insisted on the
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Indiana_Jones_and_the_Kingdom_of_the_Crystal_Skull
Lake in Russia
burials in the world, dated to ca. 2000 BC.The chariot grave contained a horse skull, three pots, two bridle cheek pieces, and points of spears and arrows
Krivoye_Lake
Ancient divination method through horses
unearthed a horse skull at the suggestion of Juno, a sign of war victories and abundance for centuries to come. Cicero mentions the horse in his treatise
Hippomancy
Item of Finnish folk magic
next harvest. Apotropaic magic Church grim Concealed shoes Dried cat Horse skulls Witch bottle Hukantaival 2015, p. 192. Hukantaival 2015, pp. 198–9. Hukantaival
Frog_coffin
Horse breed originating in West Asia
The Arabian or Arab horse (Arabic: الحصان العربي [alħisˤaːn alʕarabijj], DMG al-ḥiṣān al-ʿarabī) is a breed of horse with historic roots in West Asia.
Arabian_horse
Descriptive scheme
Equine anatomy encompasses the gross and microscopic anatomy of horses, ponies and other equids, including donkeys, mules and zebras. While all anatomical
Equine_anatomy
Ukrainian fairy tale
Ukrainian folktales. Horses and their skulls had religious significance and were thought to have protective properties; their skulls were displayed to ward
Mare's_Head
The evolution of the horse, a mammal of the family Equidae, occurred over a geologic time scale of 50 million years, transforming the small, dog-sized
Evolution_of_the_horse
Ethnic group native to Wales
reported as common for an officiant to walk in front of the coffin with a horse's skull, which may be a tradition linked with the Mari Lwyd tradition. The Welsh
Welsh_people
Gaelic festival marking the start of winter
guisers included a hobby horse known as the Láir Bhán (white mare). A man covered in a white sheet and carrying a decorated horse skull would lead a group of
Samhain
Asphalt lakes in southern California, US
Fossil horse skull found in the McKittrick Tar Pits by Charles H. Sternberg, around 1926.
McKittrick_Tar_Pits
Legendary single-horned horse-like creature
unicorn has, for the last thousand years or so, been depicted as a white horse- or goat-like animal with a long, straight horn with spiraling grooves,
Unicorn
Prediction that causes itself to become true
place where the bones lay. When he touched the horse's skull with his boot a snake slithered from the skull and bit him. Oleg died, thus fulfilling the prophecy
Self-fulfilling_prophecy
South Slavic ethnic group
originate from the pre-Slavic era, is a Bosniak tradition of placing a horse's skull tied with a rope into river Bosna, to fight off drought. Djevojačka
Bosniaks
Island in Rostov Oblast, Russia
and woody vegetation there, only the short thyme, wormwood and fescue. Horse skulls and bones are scattered all over the area. The Vodny Island was formed
Vodny_Island
Tombs where deceased are buried with their chariot
have Indo-Iranian features. The Krivoye Ozero chariot grave contained a horse skull, three pots, two bridle cheek pieces, and points of spears and arrows
Chariot_burial
Early white settler in Texas
Skull owned and operated a successful horse ranch, where she employed ethnically Mexican men as ranch hands and teamsters for her caravan and horse wrangling
Sally_Scull
Extinct species of mammal
feet (14 m) high. Ultimately five nearly complete skeletons, more than 100 skulls, and forty-eight lower jaws as well as numerous isolated bones were found
Hagerman_horse
Hill in Stirling, Scotland
'using for their seat a horse's skull;' and as hawky or haaky is a Scottish word meaning a cow, it is possible that a cow's skull may have been used formerly
Mote_Hill
Rack or palisade that displays human skulls
human skulls, typically those of war captives or other sacrificial victims. It is a scaffold-like construction of poles on which heads and skulls were
Tzompantli
1931 painting by Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe—Hands and Horse Skull, Alfred Stieglitz, 1931, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997.61.37
Jawbone_and_Fungus
2022 novel by Geraldine Brooks
Horse is a 2022 historical fiction novel by Australian author Geraldine Brooks. Intertwining multiple timelines, the narrative examines the dynamics of
Horse_(novel)
Woodcut by artist Hans Baldung
animals. Various bones surround the witches, including a human skull and a horse's skull. The bones suggest cannibalism and infanticide, both referenced
The_Witches_(Hans_Baldung)
Prehistoric subspecies of horse
Gallic horse (Equus caballus gallicus) is a prehistoric subspecies of Equus caballus (the horse) that lived in the Upper Paleolithic. It first appeared
Gallic_horse
aspen stakes into holes, stuck a wooden stick in the door, and hung horse skulls on the roofs. Many Lviv apothecaries were fond of alchemy, but the Church
Lviv_during_the_Middle_Ages
persuasive, evidence of domestication comes from sites where horse leg bones and skulls, probably originally attached to hides, were interred with the
Domestication_of_the_horse
Ancient central Asian goddess
on one side of her throne, and a pole with a horse skull (symbolising the importance of horses and horse sacrifice in this goddess's cult) on it on the
Artimpasa
Comic book series
Dark Horse published seven limited series. With the franchise's revival in 2008 due to the release of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Dark Horse published
Indiana_Jones_(comics)
Natural monument in Thuringia, Germany
feast and bloody sacrificial stone, the branches no longer held pale horse skulls and sacred weapons, but at their feet were colorful fairs, fairgrounds
Royal_Oak_(Thuringia)
2026 video game
'Grunt Birthday Party' Skull which triggers an explosion of celebratory confetti upon landing a headshot on a grunt. Examples of Skulls new to Campaign Evolved
Halo:_Campaign_Evolved
Traditional Slavic holiday
would place a pole on top of which a wheel was attached. Sometimes a horse's skull, called vidʹma, was placed on top of the wheel and thrown into the fire
Kupala_Night
Biological system by which a horse circulates air for the purpose of gaseous exchange
The respiratory system of the horse is the biological system by which a horse circulates air for the purpose of gaseous exchange. The respiratory system
Respiratory system of the horse
Respiratory_system_of_the_horse
Midsummer celebrations festival in Cornwall, UK
Edmonds in 1846. Spooner's mistaken assumption about the horse's skull has inspired many skull-on-pole 'beasts' in Cornish folk culture since the creation
Golowan_Festival
Folk custom in Lancashire, England
the name of the hobby horse that featured in it. This hobby horse consisted of a horse skull affixed to a pole, with the bottom of glass bottles for eyes
Old_Ball
Village in Wales
village still celebrates the New Year, or Calennig, with the Mari Lwyd: a horse's skull draped in a white sheet with flowers. Today the "old" village of Llangynwyd
Llangynwyd
British actor (born 1982)
(2007), RocknRolla (2008), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), War Horse (2011), Wrath of the Titans (2012), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
Toby_Kebbell
turkey); and (3) targeted animals for draft and nonfood resources (e.g., horse, donkey, camel). The dog was the first to be domesticated, and domestic
Domestication_of_vertebrates
Iron Age bronze artifact found in Scotland
Iron Age burial of carefully arranged animal bones that included a horse's skull with a cow's horn on its forehead was unearthed in Dorset, England.
Torrs_Pony-cap_and_Horns
Extinct subspecies of equines
The tarpan (Equus ferus ferus) was a free-ranging horse population of the western Eurasian steppe which was first documented in the 18th century and went
Tarpan
2003 greatest hits album by the Eagles
Farewell 1." The artwork for the cover, a horse skull with feathers, is by Boyd Elder. Elder also produced the skull artwork for the Eagles' 1975 album One
The Very Best Of (Eagles album)
The_Very_Best_Of_(Eagles_album)
2022 film by Dan Trachtenberg
December 2019, the film was initially under wraps, going by the name of Skulls. The film reportedly was to "follow a Comanche woman who goes against gender
Prey_(2022_film)
American conspiracy theorist (1943–2001)
theorist, radio broadcaster, and author known for his 1991 book Behold a Pale Horse, in which he warned of multiple global conspiracies, some involving extraterrestrial
Milton_William_Cooper
Para-Mongolic ancient people
hammered metal sheets. Horses played a large role in the existence of the Xianbei as a nomadic people, and in one tomb, a horse skull lay atop Xianbei bells
Xianbei
light-coloured cloth. The performers are grouped around a "mast horse" with a shiny black head made from a skull (with ears attached and a large eyeball in its white-painted
Winster_Guisers
17th century Scottish prophet
to her were also associated with other seers. One prediction, that sheep skulls would make the plough useless, circulated in several Gaelic songs and was
Lady_of_Lawers
Longest-living horse on record
longest-living horse on record, verified to have lived 62 years. He was born in Woolston, Cheshire, England, in 1760. Billy became a barge horse, pulling barges
Old_Billy
German symbol for skull and crossbones
storm-troopers of the Arditi used a skull with a dagger between its teeth as a symbol during World War I. Various versions of skulls were also later used by the
Totenkopf
Chinese character in Journey to the West
their bones, and threw their skulls into the river. Unlike his other victims, whose bone sank to the river bottom, these skulls of the nine monks floated
Sha_Wujing
Wooden head from Melbury Osmond folklore
used in the dialect around Wiltshire to refer to a pole upon which a horse's skull with deer's horns was affixed. This Wooset was recorded as having been
Dorset_Ooser
Extinct species of mammal
"stout-legged" and belonged to the "big horses" category as defined by M. C. Winans. The skull of the horse was noted as being broader than Equus caballus
Equus_niobrarensis
in a flower arrangement contest by placing a solitary rose inside a horse's skull. Mr. Weedon was also fond of self-effacing witticisms. When asked about
William_Stone_Weedon
Genus of mammals
Retrieved 2020-03-14. Radinsky, Leonard (1984). "Ontogeny and Phylogeny in Horse Skull Evolution". Evolution. 38 (1): 1–15. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.1984.tb00254
Systemodon
Type of mythogical creature in Irish mythology
prosifying this description supplied additional details, so that the "two hollow skulls" used as lanterns on the carriage are set with candles, and the hammercloth
Dullahan
Extinct genus of mammals
their ecosystems. Radinsky, Leonard (1984). "Ontogeny and Phylogeny in Horse Skull Evolution". Evolution. 38 (1): 1–15. doi:10.2307/2408541. ISSN 0014-3820
Megahippus
Town and community in Newport, Wales
Padstow and Cheshire, and involving a man dressed with a horse's skull. The jaw of the skull could be made to move, with the aid of rods. Hando's informant
Caerleon
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