Hengist and Horsa
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Hengist was a semi-legendary ruler of Kent in southeast England (5th century AD). His name is Anglo-Saxon for "stallion". Horsa, Hengist's brother, was a 5th century warrior who took part in the settlement of Britain.
Hengist And Horsa Media
The brothers in Edward Parrott's Pageant of British History (1909)
Hengist from John Speed's 1611 "Saxon Heptarchy"
Vortigern and Rowena, by William Hamilton (1793)
Coat of arms of Bünde, Germany, depicting Hengist and Horsa
Gable with crossed horse heads, Hanover
A gable in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern