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Popular history states that the myth of the centaur arose when early Greeks first encountered warriors on horseback. Did any similar legends arise after the first Native American contact with European cavalry? How was the arrival of horses represented in Native American legends?

by /u/Mr_Quinn in /r/AskHistorians

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