09-27-2008, 12:11 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-G.Subramaniam+Sep 20 2008, 12:46 AM-->QUOTE(G.Subramaniam @ Sep 20 2008, 12:46 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->I think the winged woman -horse is one of the zorastrian angels
which the arabs picked up
Another probability is that it is one of the goddesses of the babylonians, passed onto the arabs
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It would be good to do a inconography of the concept of buraq the winged horse and how it differs from the Greek pegasus type. That would show the borrowings of Muhammed and again provide an insight into his mindset
which the arabs picked up
Another probability is that it is one of the goddesses of the babylonians, passed onto the arabs
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It would be good to do a inconography of the concept of buraq the winged horse and how it differs from the Greek pegasus type. That would show the borrowings of Muhammed and again provide an insight into his mindset