Beast of burden

Makara

In Hindu tradition the Makara serves as vahana, or mount, of Ganga, the goddess personifying the river Ganges, and of Varuna, the Vedic god of the cosmic ocean and waters, linking the creature firmly to the mythology of rivers, rain, and the sea.

Allocamelus

In medieval lore, it was often depicted as a mount for intrepid explorers or as a beast of burden capable of carrying heavy loads across vast distances without tiring.

Hamsa

It is before anything else a vehicle: carried by Brahma in the older material, assigned to the Asvins, the divine twin horsemen, in other accounts, and frequently represented in art as the vahana of Vishnu.