Scythian horse.
Animism and anthropomorphism are the main features of pre-Christian belief: everything around lives, like people, everything is born and dies.
The horse's head played an important role in the rites of all Indo-European peoples, so the image of the wonderful Mare's Head appears in the fairy tale, which rewards a kind and sensitive girl: "Girl, girl, climb into my right ear, and come out of the left ear, and everything is fine there , and invisible! horses, carriages, and gold, and money!
A horse and a horse without a cart are an important synchronizing element of Neolithic life, appearing in fairy tales. Therefore, in fairy tales, he reveals the totemic meaning, that is, he acts as a totem, and in the role of a totemic assistant (gifts a magical object, serves as a carrier), the horse mask is also used by initiates. ("mare's head").
The horse is one of the most revered animals.
The horse is a symbol of loyalty, devotion, speed, endurance. He is a constant advisor to his master and serves him until the last minute. In orders, the horse is both raven, and black, and gray, and gray, and white, fiery, fire-breathing, winged, with a bright sun or moon on the forehead, with stars on the sides, golden-maned, golden-tailed or simply golden, often red; belongs to the "central" world and represents the sky, the Cosmos.
Diameter 1.5 cm \ 0.6"