Winged Stallions and Wicked Mares - Horses in Indian Myth and History
Wendy Doniger
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Summary
Along the way, we encounter the tensions between Hindu stallion and Arab mare traditions, the imposition of European standards on Indian breeds, the reasons why men ride mares to weddings, the motivations for murdering Dalits who ride horses, and the enduring myth of foreign horses who emerge from the ocean to fertilize native mares.