Winged Stallions and Wicked Mares: Horses in Indian Myth and History by Wendy Doniger is a lively exploration of the horse as it appears in Indian myth, ritual, literature, and history. Blending scholarship with storytelling, the book traces how horses have carried ideas of power, speed, sacrifice, status, and imagination across centuries.
Readers interested in mythology and cultural history will find a richly layered study that moves between legend and lived tradition. Winged Stallions and Wicked Mares offers fresh insights into a striking symbol that has galloped through India’s religious and historical imagination.
