The Horse Goddess (Celtic World of Morgan Llywelyn)
“The fleet-footed young, Epona and Mahka among them, were among the first to arrive at the trail’s edge, where they halted in astonishment.
Four creatures were coming up the road: sinewy, longlegged beasts with very low withers and finely shaped hindquarters, nothing like the blocky little ponies used for draft animals or the asses and onagers the traders sometimes brought. Their stride was different, too. Instead of a choppy, short gait, suitable for pulling weight, they moved with long and flu...id strides that gave an impression of effortlessness, like red deer trotting. “How beautiful,” Epona murmured to herself.
Then she looked at the human figures rising from their backs.
The creatures approaching were not kentaurs at all; they were horses straddled by separate human beings, with separate legs and feet, who nevertheless moved with their mounts as one.
“Imagine sitting on top a horse and floating along like that,” Mahka commented. “How much better that must be than jolting around in a cart!”MoreLess
Four creatures were coming up the road: sinewy, longlegged beasts with very low withers and finely shaped hindquarters, nothing like the blocky little ponies used for draft animals or the asses and onagers the traders sometimes brought. Their stride was different, too. Instead of a choppy, short gait, suitable for pulling weight, they moved with long and flu...id strides that gave an impression of effortlessness, like red deer trotting. “How beautiful,” Epona murmured to herself.
Then she looked at the human figures rising from their backs.
The creatures approaching were not kentaurs at all; they were horses straddled by separate human beings, with separate legs and feet, who nevertheless moved with their mounts as one.
“Imagine sitting on top a horse and floating along like that,” Mahka commented. “How much better that must be than jolting around in a cart!”MoreLess
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