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A horse carrying a flaming jewel, printed on prayer flags.
Also known as: Lungta, Prayer flag horse, Horse with a jewel on its back, Wind-horse emblem
The lungta is a horse bearing a flaming jewel, printed at the centre of Tibetan prayer flags. The flags are meant to fade: the printed text and image are carried by the wind as the cloth weathers, and a bleached flag has done its work rather than failed.
Denotes the wind horse, a horse carrying a flaming jewel, printed at the centre of Tibetan prayer flags.
Contexts: Religion
Is intended to weather: the flags are hung so that wind carries the printed prayers, and fading is the expected outcome rather than damage.
Contexts: Religion
Is surrounded on the flag by four animals at the corners — garuda, dragon, tiger and snow lion — each occupying a fixed position.
Contexts: Religion
Is printed on flags in a fixed five-colour sequence representing the elements, which must be hung in order.
Contexts: Religion
A horse in profile at a walk or canter, carrying on its back a group of three or more flame-wreathed jewels, printed in dark ink on a coloured cloth ground.