A horse statue with legs raised in the air is said to signify that the rider was killed in battle. Although this is a common belief among some equestrians and artisans alike, this designation is not universally applied.
It is a common misconception that the position of the horse's legs in a military hero's statue signifies how the rider died; i.e. both legs raised means that the rider was killed in battle, one leg raised means the rider died later of wounds caused in battle, all four legs on the ground means the rider died of natural causes.
If a statue depicting a person on a horse with both front legs in the air, the person died in a battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in a battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
I have heard that the number of legs a horse has in the air in a statue indicates how the rider died. According to what I have understood: 2 legs in the air: rider died in battle 1 leg in the air:...
In referring to statues of mounted war heroes, there is a hidden meaning to the position of the horses legs that will tell you how the general, or other high ranking officer, died. If all four hooves of the horse are on the ground, the general died at peace in his home. If one leg is raised, the general died after receiving an injury in battle.
“To the best of anyone’s knowledge, the position and pose of the statue do not signify anything,” said Frances Pollard, a curator at the Virginia Historical Society.
Is there a meaning to the position of the horse in a war statue What is the meaning of the horse's position in military statues Anyone know the significance of the horse's raised legs on a …
There are statues all over the place, all over the world, but a set of myths have developed regarding some in Europe, in particular, statues of people on horseback and statues of medieval knights and monarchs. On a statue of a horse and rider, the number of legs in the air reveals information about ...
The equestrian statue of King José I of Portugal, in the Praça do Comércio, was designed by Joaquim Machado de Castro after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake and is a pinnacle of Absolutist age statues in Europe.
There is no specific DoD-formalized meaning to a horse's position on a statue, regardless of how many legs a horse may have on the ground or not. A commonly held misconception is: If the horse has ...
