Buraq

Buraq
/boo rahk"/, n. Islam.
the legendary beast, a winged horse with the face of a woman and the tail of a peacock, on which Muhammad ascended to heaven.

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▪ Islamic legend
      in Islāmic (Islām) tradition, a creature said to have transported the Prophet Muḥammad to heaven. Described as “a white animal, half-mule, half-donkey, with wings on its sides . . . ,” Burāq was originally introduced into the story of Muḥammad's night journey ( Isrāʾ) from Mecca to Jerusalem and back, thus explaining how the journey between the cities could have been completed in a single night. In some traditions he became a steed with the head of a woman and the tail of a peacock. As the tale of the night journey (isrāʾ) became connected with that of Muḥammad's ascension to heaven (miʿrāj), Burāq replaced the ladder as Muḥammad's means of access into heaven.

      From at least the 14th century, the Burāq myth, visualized on the basis of ancient depictions of griffins, sphinxes, and centaurs, became a favourite subject of Persian miniature painting.

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