malanya the horse god - mixed media

My mom asked me who fed my dog, I said it was the horse god.

I like to imagine that the Great Fairies in "Breath of the Wild" / "Tears of the Kingdom" smell really strong. Fairy perfume is operating on a level that mere mortals can barely comprehend, and it tends to make people sneeze a lot at best. They live in these giant flowers and I vaguely recall a puff of smoke when they open for the first time? I like to imagine that Link can find his way to the Great Fairies by smell once he gets close enough. It's not... a bad smell. It's just strong. (Which is, arguably, a bad thing in of itself.) Maybe it's like a bunch of good smells, but there are so many of them that they multiply into something new and bizarre and distinctly magical, like if a soap store punched you in the face. Each fairy smells different, but not a single one of them is subtle. Some people hate it. Some people really, really love it.

Likewise, I think that the Horse God in BOTW / TOTK smells outrageous. Again, not necessarily bad, but so strongly of horse that it feels like you're never going to get the smell out of your nose or your clothes. The appearance of the Horse God is like being hit with a solid wall of animal smell. People who aren't prepared for the strength of a god's stench struggle not to retch. People who spend all of their time around horses barely blink at this divine smell.

More for Zelda Month! I've been super excited to do this one! (mostlybecauseofmyloveforhorsesandMalanyabeingthehorsegod)

Meet Rhiona~ <3 The Horse God Follower.

If you're interested in designing a Malanya Worshipper d&d 5e character, you can play off my build! :D

I'd also love to see y'all reblog with your versions/adaptations too so feel free to @ me!

"The Lord of Animals", Pashupati Seal, from the city of Mohenjo Daro, Indus Valley Civilisation

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Hyrule's Horse God Malanya

It took a minute but all 6 of my horses are fully upgraded in ‘Tears Of The Kingdom’. 5 star stats in strength, speed, stamina and pull. And bond is max for all of them as well. I do also have Epona from the Link Super Smash Bros. Series amiibo but you can’t upgrade her stats at all. She stays at 4 star stats.

Some of these horses are carried over from ‘Breath Of The Wild’. I think only Golden and Spot are from ‘TOTK’ but I honestly can’t remember. I know Argo was my first horse that I ever registered and there was a side quest in ‘BOTW’ to get her. She carried over. She was just called Zelda’s Royal Horse until I renamed her to Argo from ‘Xena: Warrior Princess. The other names come from ‘The Mask Of Zorro’, and ‘Shadow Of The Colossus’. A good set of horses! ☺️

Now I never have to see that creepy horse god again.

If you would like me to write a walkthrough on how to upgrade your horses’ stats in ‘Tears Of The Kindgom’ and the ingredients for cooking the dishes to give to Malanya please drop me a comment below or in DMs. It’s an expensive and arduous grind but worth it if you like riding around on different horses in this game.

I’m waiting for Nintendo to add a DLC addition mechanic that allows you to transport your horse with you like they had for the DLC additions in ‘Breath Of The Wild’ because it’s very frustrating to have to travel back to where you last left your horse because it won’t come when you whistle if it’s long distance. Like Revali’s Gale, it’s a quality of life feature I miss. I don’t see why we can’t have that in this game when we still have the travel medallion. 3 of them, in fact. The creators will likely give us the crap that it will break the lore because that’s Sheikah technology and not Zonai technology. Well, so is the travel medallion! Dude,… I just want a way to travel on my horse all over the map without backtracking or visiting a stable. It’s not much to ask. And we got it in the last game so…

I recently have been playing Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild and came across Horse God and I love him

Link and KV find themselves trying to help Robbie out and get sidetracked by so many horses! Stable horses, horses horses, god horses that want to eat us... wait, that doesn't sound great... Log #25 of KV's Tears of the Kingdom Logs!

Horse Meshi. Delicious, in Horse.

shy horse 🦋

a study of the pose

God jul!

LISA ✴︎ CRAZY HORSE PARIS

Yes, I know we should all support local bookstores when we can, but I'd be remiss if I did not bring this near HALF OFF sale on the Eisner-winning COMPLETE AMERICAN GODS.

And NORSE MYTHOLOGY is also on pre-sale at nearly 25% off, for release in 3 weeks.

The Forest Demon by Елена Саморядова