Horse - the symbolism of the horse is extraordinarily complex, since it combines the features of different eras. m. eliade finds that this animal is associated with funeral rites in chthonic cults, as an ancient symbol of cyclic movement in the world of phenomena. therefore the horses that neptune drives with his trident to float to the surface symbolize the blind forces of primeval chaos. Applying the latter concept to the biological level, diehl concludes that the horse denotes strong desires and instincts, in accordance with the general symbolism of the horse and the vehicle. The horse plays an important role in a huge number of ancient rites. In ancient Rhodes, annual sacrifices were made to Helios the sun in the form of a quadriga a two-wheeled chariot drawn by four horses in one row, which was thrown into the sea. In Germany and England, a dream where a white horse appeared meant imminent death. It is interesting to note that the great myth and symbol of Gemini, appearing as pairs or twins, twin beasts or anthropomorphic figures with four eyes and four arms, seems to be reflected in the symbol of the horse, especially in the form of a pair of horses, white and black, respectively. representing life and death. The Indian twins Ashvins, who may have become the prototype of Castor and Pollux (these are parallel images of related Indoyans of the Ropaean peoples, whose beginning is in the steppes and forest-steppes between the Dnieper and the Southern Urals. were depicted as horsemen. In medieval illustrations of the zodiac, Gemini is thus indicated for example, the image in the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Considering that the horse belongs to the natural, unconscious, instinctive realm, it is not surprising that in ancient times it was often endowed with the functions of predicting the future. In fairy tales and epos, horses with clairvoyant functions are often endowed with the functions of timely warning their owners for example, Rakhsh, the talking horse of Rustem in Shahname, or the horse of Ilya Muromets Burushka in Russian epics. Wondering why the horse is not a symbol of the mother, Jung has no doubts, stating that it expresses the magical component of man, the mother within us. On the other hand, he recognises
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