"The Kingdon of the Horse" by H.-H. Isenbart & E.M. Buhrer

Page 68 The Hindus may really have been the first tamers of horses. We find grandiose poetic presentations of horses in their mythology. The Hindus made the horse the symbol of Viradsh, the vital forces which rule all parts of the animated world. In this symbol the whole of man's known world is represented by the various parts of the horse's body: The head represents the morning; The eyes signify the sun; The open mouth designates natural warmth; The entire body stands for the whole year; The limbs are the seasons; The joints of the limbs denote the months; The flesh suggests the clouds; The mane indicates the trees; The back of the horse is paradise; The bones are the fixed stars; The blood vessels stand for the oceans; The spleen and the liver represent the mountains; His yawn is lightning; His froth represents the thunder; His dampness suggests the rain, and His neigh suggests speech.