#Icelandic Equine

[etherealarte]

[horsesarecreatures]

Prince Count of Baldurshagi - Icelandic Horse

[ellipuukangas]

I wanted to update the dream a little. 😂

[fidgetspringer-art]

This year's christmas present for @clickerpunk <3

[donkeylugs]

mud party with the boys

[mariawang]

Más detalles de Islandia: inagotable fuente de belleza.

[equidae-canidae]

Icelandic horses

[arcticsart]

Fall Apathy

Feeling bummed about current events in the U.S.

Taking the time to appreciate colors on leaves when going on walks.

[rolandsgaard-castle]

Mjolnir

[redmareredemtion]

Y tho, honse? 🥲

[copperbora]

Drew a whole bunch of pretty ponies for people on Twitter today and I will be drawing more soon. ❤️

Commissions are always open, (via my Ko-fi,) and I just added some more types of commissions to my Ko-fi shop if anyone is interested. 🥰 Any help is appreciated! (Student loans hurrrrt.)

[horsesarecreatures]

Icelandic horse by Aga Karmol Art

[swiftsnowmane]

When I was first scrolling I thought, 'oh it's an Icelandic horse with Clydesdale-esque sabino-like colouring'. But then I read the caption and I was so shocked and curious to know more that I had to I look him up, and I feel like this photo with his summer coat illustrates the unusual colouring more clearly:

Exciting news: while the Icelandic horse breed already has a vast array of colours and patterns, this one is new, and it’s called ýruskjóttur, which translates to drizzled skewbald or pied. (x)

This is Ellert frá Baldurshaga (IS2013180518), and he’s currently registered as bay dun splashed white (66s0) in Worldfengur, but that´s not quite his colour. The whole description of how he looks is bay dun splashed white with white legs and belly, a broad blaze and cloudy eyes (or: bleikalóttur yruskjóttur með hvítar lappir, breiðblesu og vagl í augum). After some DNA research it was confirmed that this colour/pattern is completely unique. Apparently he’s the only horse on the planet with this particular colour!

Pictures by Daníel Ingi Larsen

[evermore-grimoire]

The Evermore Grimoire: Celtic Mythology

A kelpie is a water horse spirit that inhabits lochs in Celtic mythology. It is described to look like a horse, but can also take on a human form and is believed to take delight in drowning its victims. In certain stories, it loves the human liver. One of the water-kelpie's common identifying characteristics is that its hooves are reversed as compared to those of a normal horse, a trait also shared by the Nykur of Scandinavian and Icelandic mythology. The creature's nature is either useful, hurtful, or seeking human companionship; in some cases, kelpies take their victims into the water, devour them, and throw the entrails to the water's edge. In its equine form the kelpie is able to extend the length of its back to carry many riders together into the depths; a common theme in the tales is of several children clambering onto the creature's back while one remains on the shore.  Usually a little boy, he then pets the horse but his hand sticks to its neck. In some variations the boy cuts off his fingers or hand to free himself; he survives but the other children are carried off and drowned, with only some of their entrails being found later.

artwork by Helmiruusu

[equinesandeducation]

Pretty pony doin pretty pony things 🥰

[donkeylugs]

majestic beast lmao