Pictures of North Korean leader, Kim Jong-Un riding a white horse on the sacred snow-clad Mount Paektu surfaced on the micro-blogging website and they went viral in no time. Mount Paektu also happens to be the birthplace of his father. Twitterati expressed concern over this being a symbolic move but also did not waste any time in starting a meme-fest.

North Korean state media KCNA releases photos of leader Kim Jong Un riding a white horse on Mount Paektu pic.twitter.com/VsicwSBCjA

— AFP news agency (@AFP) October 16, 2019

While some made references from Game of Thrones, Chronicles of Narnia, some also compared him to Russian President Vladimir Putin.