white steed of the prairies
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- milk-white
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- A magnificent, milk-white charger, famous in Western annals and Indian traditions. It was seen as the elected Xerxes of wild horses and an object of trembling reverence and awe due to its spiritual whiteness.
- physical_description
- large-eyed, small-headed, bluff-chested
- symbolism
- divineness, terror
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- The White Steed of the Prairies is identified as a magnificent milk-white charger.
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- a magnificent milk-white charger, large-eyed, small-headed, bluff-chested, and with the dignity of a thousand monarchs in his lofty, overscorning carriage.
- was the Xerxes ofWild Horses
- description
- The White Steed of the Prairies was considered the leader, like Xerxes, of vast herds of wild horses.
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- He was the elected Xerxes of vast herds of wild horses
- revived glories forOld Trappers and Hunters
- description
- To the old trappers and hunters, the White Steed revived the glories of primeval times.
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- to the eyes of the old trappers and hunters revived the glories of those primeval times
- was object of reverence and awe forBravest Indians
- description
- The bravest Indians regarded the White Steed of the Prairies with trembling reverence and awe.
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- always to the bravest Indians he was the object of trembling reverence and awe.
- was clothed withWhiteness (Concept)
- description
- The White Steed's spiritual whiteness was the primary source of its divineness and terror.
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- source_text
- it was his spiritual whiteness chiefly, which so clothed him with divineness
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- 2026-03-02T00:08:15.293Z
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