"Godiva Festival The Godiva Festival is a free three day music festival held each year in the War Memorial Park, Coventry, England, named after the city's famous former inhabitant Lady Godiva. It first appeared as a day-long event in 1997 and became a 3-day event the following year in 1998. It is the largest free family music festival in the UK, and is made up of two fields; a Main Field and a Family field, which each offer a different experience. The modern three-day music festival is a non-profit making event organised by Coventry City Council. It is widely marketed"
"of Mercia. Apart from references to her donations of land and gifts, there are no mentions to Godiva in contemporary chronicles. The first mention of the ride was over 150 years after her death, and appeared in Wendover's Flores Historiarum in 1190, though this survives only in a fourteenth-century manuscript. In 1217/18 Henry III granted the Charter for the Great Fair in Coventry, the event with which the Godiva Procession came to be associated. The charter stated that the fair was to begin on the feast day of the Holy Trinity, and continue for eight days. Such a fair would"
"If Godiva was married to Earl Leofric later than about 1010, she could not have been the mother of Ælfgar. Leofric used a double-headed eagle as his personal emblem, and this has been adopted by various units of the British Army as a symbol for Mercia. Historians disagree extensively on the character of Leofric. Folklore tends to depict him as an unfeeling overlord who imposed over-taxation, whereas many historians object to this, and consider it as part of the Lady Godiva myth; they suggest that he was a strong and respected leader. There is also great disagreement over his reputation"
"Similarly to other engineering universities across Britain and Canada, at UOIT Lady Godiva is generally regarded as an engineering mascot and called the “Patron Saint of Engineers” or the “Goddess of Engineering.” Historically, some university engineering organisations staged an annual ""Godiva Ride"" in which a naked female rode a horse across campus. This practice is not held at UOIT, perhaps due to modern feminist attitudes. Godiva’s Hymn, an international engineering song, is sung by many UOIT Engineers at various events and conferences. Both the university’s Engineering Students’ Society and the Health Science Council arrange and participate in events together like"
"2005, Coventry became the first city in the UK to host the International Children's Games and three of the city sports teams won significant honours. The Blaze won the treble consisting of Elite League, playoff and Challenge Cup; the Jets won the BAFL Division 2 championship and were undefeated all season; and the Bees won the Elite League playoffs. Coventry is well known for the legendary 11th century exploits of Lady Godiva who rode through the city naked on horseback in protest at high taxes being levied on the cityfolk by her husband Leofric, Earl of Mercia. The residents of"
"from British tradition, King Cole, may have been based on a real figure from Sub-Roman Britain. Many of the tales and pseudo-histories make up part of the wider Matter of Britain, a collection of shared British folklore. Some folk figures are based on semi-historical or historical people whose stories have been passed down the centuries; Lady Godiva for instance was said to have ridden naked on horseback through Coventry, Hereward the Wake was a heroic English figure resisting the Norman invasion, Herne the Hunter is an equestrian ghost associated with Windsor Forest and Great Park (whose tale bears the common"
"Drvaspa Drvaspa (""druuāspā"", ""drvāspā"", ""drwāspā"") is the Avestan language name of an ""enigmatic"" and ""strangely discreet"" Zoroastrian divinity, whose name literally means ""with solid horses"" and which she is then nominally the hypostasis of. The word ""drvaspa"" is grammatically feminine. Proceeding from an observation in James Darmesteter's ""Avesta"" (1875), ""it has been customary to compare her to the Celtic Epona."" Despite the meaning of her name ""with solid horses,"" Drvaspa does not appear in any context referring to horses, and is instead invoked in the company of ""Geush Tashan"" and ""Geush Urvan"", respectively representing the body and soul of cattle."
"reputation as an outstanding battlefield commander. Babieca or Bavieca was El Cid's warhorse. Several stories exist about El Cid and Babieca. One well-known legend about El Cid describes how he acquired the stallion. According to this story, Rodrigo's godfather, Pedro El Grande, was a monk at a Carthusian monastery. Pedro's coming-of-age gift to El Cid was his pick of a horse from an Andalusian herd. El Cid picked a horse that his godfather thought was a weak, poor choice, causing the monk to exclaim """"Babieca""!"" (stupid!) Hence, it became the name of El Cid's horse. Another legend states that in"
"mentioned in Victor Hugo's ""Les Misérables"", as one of his characters is named for her- Éponine. In popular video game series ""The Legend of Zelda"", the main character's horse is named ""Epona"" after the goddess. The game horse is always brown or chestnut, with a white mane. The probable date of c. 1380-550 BC ascribed to the giant chalk horse carved into the hillside turf at Uffington, in southern England, may be too early to be directly associated with Epona, and may not actually represent a horse at all. The West Country traditional hobby-horse riders parading on May Day at"
"Hayagriva Hayagriva, also spelt Hayagreeva (IAST: , literally 'Horse-neck'), is a horse-headed avatar of the Lord Vishnu in Hinduism. In Hinduism, Lord Hayagriva is an avatar of Lord Vishnu. He is worshipped as the god of knowledge and wisdom, with a human body and a horse's head, brilliant white in color, with white garments and seated on a white lotus. Symbolically, the story represents the triumph of pure knowledge, guided by the hand of God, over the demonic forces of passion and darkness. Origins about the worship of Hayagriva have been researched, some of the early evidences dates back to"
"and pseudo-histories make up part of the wider Matter of Britain, a collection of shared British folklore. Some folk figures are based on semi or actual historical people whose story has been passed down centuries; Lady Godiva for instance was said to have ridden naked on horseback through Coventry, Hereward the Wake was a heroic English figure resisting the Norman invasion, Herne the Hunter is an equestrian ghost associated with Windsor Forest and Great Park and Mother Shipton is the archetypal witch. On 5 November people make bonfires, set off fireworks and eat toffee apples in commemoration of the foiling"
"Chollima A Chollima (also Qianlima, Senrima, or Cheollima, literally ""thousand-mile horse"") is a mythical winged horse that originates from the Chinese classics and is commonly portrayed in East Asian mythology. This winged horse is said to be too swift and elegant to be mounted (by any mortal man). Beginning around the 3rd century BCE, Chinese classics mention Bole, a mythological horse-tamer, as an exemplar of horse judging. Bole is frequently associated with the fabled ""qianlima"" () ""thousand-""miles"" horse"", which was supposedly able to gallop one thousand ""li"" (approximately 400 km) in a single day (e.g., Red Hare). ""Qianlima"" was a"
"that two horses are otherwise unknown from any other source, and that the myths surrounding them have not survived. Hamskerpir and Garðrofa In Norse mythology, Hamskerpir and Garðrofa are a pair of horses who sired Hófvarpnir, the horse ridden by the goddess Gná. Hamskerpir and Garðrofa are attested in the ""Prose Edda"", written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In chapter 35 of the ""Prose Edda"" book ""Gylfaginning"", High provides brief descriptions of 16 ásynjur. High lists Gná thirteenth, and in his description provides a stanza that gives Gná's horse Hófvarpnir's parents as Hamskerðir and Garðrofa: John Lindow says"
"the city were commanded to look away as she rode, but one man did not and was allegedly struck blind. He became known as ""Peeping Tom"" thus originating a new idiom, or metonym, in English. There is a Grade II* listed statue of her in the city centre, which for 18 years had been underneath a Cathedral Lanes shopping centre canopy, removed in October 2008. There is also a bust of Peeping Tom looking out across Hertford Street shopping precinct, and overlooking Broadgate and the statue of Godiva is a clock where, at every hour, Lady Godiva appears on her"
"of Lord Brahma before descending to planet Earth at the request of Bhagiratha and held safely by Lord Shiva on his head to prevent destruction of Bhumi Devi (Mother Earth). Then, the Ganges was released from Lord Shiva's hair to meet the needs of the country according to Hindu mythology. In other legends, Himavan fathered Parvati and Ganga. Several years later, a king named Sagara magically acquired sixty thousand sons. One day, King Sagara performed a ritual of worship for the good of the kingdom. One of the integral parts of the ritual was a horse, which was stolen by"
"a horse. In the cave of Phigalia Demeter was, according to popular tradition, represented with the head and mane of a horse, possibly a relic of the time when a non-specialized corn-spirit bore this form. Her priests were called Poloi (Greek for ""colts"") in Laconia. The mule and the horse are sacred to the Roman god Consus. In Gaul we find a horse-goddess, Epona. There are also traces of a horse-god, Rudiobus. Hayagriva is a horse-headed deity that appears in both Hinduism and Buddhism. The Gonds in India worship a horse-god, Koda Pen, in the form of a shapeless stone,"
"in the county named Norton. ""Juxta"" is Latin for ""near"", and Twycross is a small village approximately 2 miles southeast of Norton. The village of Norton is thought to have been founded in the 8th or 9th century by the Anglo-Saxons. The Anglo-Saxon King Æthelred granted the village a charter in 951, referring to it as ""Northton"" The village is listed in the Domesday Book as ""Norton"", and the Lord of the Manor was recorded in both 1066 and 1086 as Countess ""(Lady)"" Godiva, widow of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, famed (legendarily) for riding naked around the streets of Coventry."
"the winged-horse Pegasus, may have been. Gná and Hófvarpnir In Norse mythology, Gná is a goddess who runs errands in other worlds for the goddess Frigg and rides the flying, sea-treading horse Hófvarpnir (Old Norse ""he who throws his hoofs about"", ""hoof-thrower"" or ""hoof kicker""). Gná and Hófvarpnir are attested in the ""Prose Edda"", written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. Scholarly theories have been proposed about Gná as a ""goddess of fullness"" and as potentially cognate to Fama from Roman mythology. Hófvarpnir and the eight-legged steed Sleipnir have been cited examples of transcendent horses in Norse mythology. In"
"Gná and Hófvarpnir In Norse mythology, Gná is a goddess who runs errands in other worlds for the goddess Frigg and rides the flying, sea-treading horse Hófvarpnir (Old Norse ""he who throws his hoofs about"", ""hoof-thrower"" or ""hoof kicker""). Gná and Hófvarpnir are attested in the ""Prose Edda"", written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. Scholarly theories have been proposed about Gná as a ""goddess of fullness"" and as potentially cognate to Fama from Roman mythology. Hófvarpnir and the eight-legged steed Sleipnir have been cited examples of transcendent horses in Norse mythology. In chapter 35 of the ""Prose Edda"""
"by Kalidasa, narrates that Uchchaihshravas, the best of horses and symbol of Indra's glory was robbed by the demon Tarakasura from heaven. ""Devi Bhagavata Purana"" narrates that once Revanta, the sun-god Surya's son came to god Vishnu's abode, riding Uchchaihshravas. Seeing Uchchaihshravas - her brother's brilliant form, Lakshmi was mesmerized and ignored a question asked by Vishnu. Suspecting that Lakshmi lusted for Uchchaihshravas and thus ignored him, Vishnu cursed her to be born as a mare in her next birth. Uchchaihshravas In Hindu mythology, Uchchaihshravas ( ""Uccaiḥśravas"" or उच्चैःश्रवा ""Uccaiḥśravā"", ""long-ears"" or ""neighing aloud"") is a seven-headed flying horse, created"
"that this is the fault of Loki, yet that ""you have heard this already"", and that another, wiser than the poet, could tell the story of how Thor was repaid by a lava-dweller with his children. A stanza from the ""Poetic Edda"" poem ""Þrymskviða"" describes Thor's goat-driven ride to Jötunheimr: In chapter 21 of the ""Prose Edda"" book ""Gylfaginning"", the enthroned figure of High divulges that the god Thor has two goats that drive his chariot and that these goats bear the names Tanngnjóstr and Tanngrisnir. In chapter 44, the enthroned figure of Third reluctantly relates a tale in which"
"Hamskerpir and Garðrofa In Norse mythology, Hamskerpir and Garðrofa are a pair of horses who sired Hófvarpnir, the horse ridden by the goddess Gná. Hamskerpir and Garðrofa are attested in the ""Prose Edda"", written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In chapter 35 of the ""Prose Edda"" book ""Gylfaginning"", High provides brief descriptions of 16 ásynjur. High lists Gná thirteenth, and in his description provides a stanza that gives Gná's horse Hófvarpnir's parents as Hamskerðir and Garðrofa: John Lindow says that the name ""Hamskerpir"" does not have an obvious meaning, but that ""Garðrofa"" may mean ""fence breaker."" Lindow adds"
"already a woman of high status before marriage and owned much land. Edward the Confessor, who had been crowned king by this time, favoured pious acts of this nature and granted a charter confirming Leofric and Godiva's gift. According to the popular story, Godiva took pity on the people of Coventry, who were suffering grievously under her husband's oppressive taxation. She appealed again and again to her husband, who obstinately refused to remit the tolls. At last, weary of her entreaties, he said he would grant her request if she would strip naked and ride through the streets of the"
"Epona. She is the goddess that is concerned with the protection of horses. So Agesilaüs in the third book of his ""Italian History."" The tale was passed along in the context of unseemly man-beast coupling in Giambattista Della Porta's edition of ""Magia naturalis"" (1589), a potpourri of the sensible and questionable, erroneously citing Plutarch's ""Life of Solon"". It may represent some recollection of Indo-European horse sacrifice, such as the Vedic ""ashvamedha"" and the Irish ritual described by Giraldus Cambrensis, both of which have to do with kingship. In the Celtic ritual, the king mates with a white mare thought to"
"was known by the name of Uchchaihshravas. The legend continues that Indra, one of the gods of the Hindus, took away the mythical horse to his celestial abode, the svarga (heaven). Subsequently, Indra severed the wings of the horse and presented the same to the mankind. The wings were severed to ensure the horse remains on the earth (prithvi) and does not fly back to Indra’s suvarga. According to Aurobindo (Secret of the Veda, pp. 44), Asva may not always denote the horse. Aurobindo argued the words asva and asvavati symbolize energy. Asva or ratha was also interpreted to be"
"Sleipnir In Norse mythology, Sleipnir (Old Norse ""slippy"" or ""the slipper"") is an eight-legged horse ridden by Odin. Sleipnir is attested in the ""Poetic Edda"", compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the ""Prose Edda"", written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In both sources, Sleipnir is Odin's steed, is the child of Loki and Svaðilfari, is described as the best of all horses, and is sometimes ridden to the location of Hel. The ""Prose Edda"" contains extended information regarding the circumstances of Sleipnir's birth, and details that he is grey in color. Sleipnir is also"
"Poseidon was also the creator of horses, creating them out of the breaking waves when challenged to make a beautiful land animal. In Norse mythology, Odin's eight-legged horse Sleipnir, ""the best horse among gods and men"", is described as grey. Sleipnir is also the ancestor of another grey horse, Grani, who is owned by the hero Sigurd. In Slavic mythology, the war and fertility deity Svantovit owned an oracular white horse; the historian Saxo Grammaticus, in descriptions similar to those of Tacitus centuries before, says the priests divined the future by leading the white stallion between a series of fences"
"and Aphrodite Pandemos was the goddess as worshipped by the whole community."" The goddess riding on a goat was also known as Aphrodite Epitragia, ""from a she-goat"". According to Plutarch, she acquired this epithet from an episode in the life of Theseus when, by the recommendation of Apollo, the hero sacrificed a goat to Aphrodite before departing for Crete in hopes that she would guide him on his voyage. As Theseus sacrificed the customary she-goat, the animal was suddenly transformed into a male goat. Aphrodite Pandemos Aphrodite Pandemos (; ""common to all the people""), occurs as an epithet of the"
"Gradiva The ""Gradiva, The woman who walks,"" has become a modern 20th century mythological figure, from the novella Gradiva by the German writer Wilhelm Jensen, as she has sprung out of the imagination of a fictional character she may be considered unreal twice over. In the book a young archaeologist is fascinated by a female figure in an antique bas-relief and gives her the name ""Gradiva"" after Mars Gradivus, the Roman god of war walking into battle; later, not quite certain whether he is awake or dreaming, he meets her in the ruins of Pompeii. Sigmund Freud famously analysed the"
"neighing of the horse. Kumārajīva, a revered monk and translator, was born in the oasis city-state of Kucha, the son of a Kuchean princess and a Kashmiri Brahmin. The horse found passages through high mountains, across raging rivers, and water when needed. According to legend, when Kumārajīva reached the ancient city of Shazhou (Dunhuang) he stopped for several days at Puguang Temple to preach the scriptures. Just before he was due to leave, Tianliu became sick and died shortly after. He was devastated by the death of his faithful companion and built this unique nine-storied pagoda containing relics of the"
"the cliff in the form of god Tandin (horse head or ""Hayagriva"") engulfed in flames. The deity appearing before Zhigpo prophesied that the place was meant to build a monastery for meditation. The prophecy also mentioned that Zhigpo would marry the Dakini, Khando Sonam Peldon and establish the Drukpa Kagyu School of Buddhism in Bhutan. The earliest history traced to this location is when Guru Rinpoche on a visit to the place in the 8th century had identified the place as representing the Hayagriva or horse head. It was only in 1222 that the place again got its recognition when"
"Sarama In Hindu mythology, Sarama (, ; Tamil: Carapai; Thai: Trichada; Malay: Marcu Dewi) is a mythological being referred to as the female dog of the gods, or Deva-shuni (देव-शुनी, ). She first appears in one of Hinduism's earliest texts, the ""Rig Veda"", in which she helps the god-king Indra to recover divine cows stolen by the Panis, a class of demons. This legend is alluded to in many later texts, and Sarama is often associated with Indra. The epic ""Mahabharata"", and some ""Puranas"", also make brief reference to Sarama. Early Rig-Vedic works do not depict Sarama as canine, but"
"Freyja In Norse mythology, Freyja (; Old Norse for ""(the) Lady"") is a goddess associated with love, sex, beauty, fertility, gold, seiðr, war, and death. Freyja is the owner of the necklace Brísingamen, rides a chariot pulled by two cats, is accompanied by the boar Hildisvíni, and possesses a cloak of falcon feathers. By her husband Óðr, she is the mother of two daughters, Hnoss and Gersemi. Along with her brother Freyr, her father Njörðr, and her mother (Njörðr's sister, unnamed in sources), she is a member of the Vanir. Stemming from Old Norse ""Freyja"", modern forms of the name"