F is for Farasi Bahari – A to Z Challenge

Source: http://mythicsummer.blogspot.com/2012...

This next tale I found deep in the Pacific hidden in a nook inhabited by an eel. The eel put up a bit of a fight, but I prevailed, and introduce you now to the farasi bahari.

Emerald green hides, and fins for mane and tail, the farasi bahari are magical horses that live deep in the Indian Ocean. They have no need for air, and thus have no lungs and are never short of breath. They flee at the the faintest scent of human and are impossible to capture, but any offspring beget on normal mares inherent their speed and endurance.

Horses are to many sub genre’s of fantasy what air is to all of us, but most often the usual run-of-the-mill types are used. Occasionally one finds a unicorn or pegasus, or the somewhat specially endowed (such as Shadowfax in the Lord of the Rings books). But magical hybrids with fins instead of fur and without the need for air? Now we’re talkin’!

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