[en] In India, in Persia and in the Avesta, a white stallion appears several times under similar circumstances. Present from the beginning of time, it tears open the darkness by a harsh neighing, opens the way to the first rising of the sun, frees the fresh waters and the first rain, making life possible, shows to the priests the right place where to build the sacrificial fires. During ritual chariot races, it leads the team of the new king to victory and carries the tribal fire during the whole year before being sacrificed to the sun.
Disciplines :
Classical & oriental studies
Author, co-author :
Swennen, Philippe ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de l'antiquité > Langues er religions du monde indo-iranien ancien
Language :
French
Title :
D'Indra à Tishtrya : portrait et évolution du cheval sacré dans les mythes indo-iraniens anciens
Publication date :
2004
Publisher :
Collège de France, Paris, France
Number of pages :
XII, 424
Collection name :
Publications de l'Institut de Civilisation Indienne, Fascicule 71
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