EQUUS POLONUS

In the customs of modern Poland, the terms Equus Polonus (Polish horse in the sense of a cultural phenomenon) and Eques Polonus (Polish rider) describes a cultural phenomenon in which the rider and his horse were an unity. It is known that horses functioned in the Polish knightly tradition and later noble tradition until the partitions, and even in the 19th century, when modern breeding of thoroughbred horses was established in Poland. The images of horses are found on the crests of the Polish nobility. Horses entered the national customs together with the rich, partially forgotten language of the hypological culture. The richness of the Polish language about horses and the strong connection to the native tradition can be seen in the example of the term "pony" in Poland, while the whole world adopted the name "pony" from the English language, Poland has it own name - „kucyk”. A huge amount of serious, humorous and often blunt proverbs related to horses reflects the scale of a bond that connected our ancestors with horses. The horse in old Poland is not only an animal used in combat, but also a full-fledged member of society, surrounded by love and respect. Equus Polonus is a synonym of a great horse that has survived as a cultural heritage of the era of the former Republic of Poland.