From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Horses in mythology
- Arion, an immortal, extremely swift horse
- Arvak and Alsvid pulled Sol's chariot
- Baku, horse-bodied dream-eaters
- Balius and Xanthos, Achilles' horses
- Centaur, part human, part horse
- Dyaus Pita, the Sky Father, who appears as a horse
- Embarr, Niamh's horse
- Epona, Gaulish horse goddess
- Gandharva, male nature spirits, usually part horse
- Gringolet, Sir Gawain's horse
- Gulltoppr, the horse of Heimdallr in Norse mythology
- Hengroen, King Arthur's horse
- Hippocampus, a mythical seahorse that pulled Poseidon's chariot
- Llamrei, King Arthur's mare
- Hofvarpnir, horse of the goddess Gna in Norse mythology
- the Mares of Diomedes, which fed on human flesh
- Pegasus, a winged horse
- Rhaebus, the horse of Mezentius in Roman mythology
- the Sileni, a half-man, half-horse race in Greek mythology
- the Trojan Horse
- Skinfaxi, Dagur's horse
- Sleipnir, Odin's eight-legged horse
- Unicorns, a species of horned horse
- Widow-Maker, mythical cowboy Pecos Bill's horse
Horses in literature
- Arod, Legolas's horse in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
- Artax, Atreyu's horse in Michael Ende's The Neverending Story
- Asfaloth, Glorfindel's horse, from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
- Barnum and Skip, the Wilders' driving team of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books and The First Four Years
- Bill the Pony, owned by the Hobbits in The Lord of the Rings
- Binky, ridden by Death in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels
- Black Beauty, from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
- Black Bess, Dick Turpin's horse
- The Black, from a series of 21 books by Walter Farley beginning with The Black Stallion (1941)
- Blaze, from a series of children's books by C.W. Anderson, beginning with Billy and Blaze (1936)
- Boxer, from Animal Farm by George Orwell
- Breehy-hinny-brinny-hoohy-hah ("Bree" for short), from The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis
- Bumpkin, Merry Brandybuck's horse in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
- Comet, Supergirl's pet horse.
- Many 'Companions', which are human spirits reincarnated in the form of white horses in Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series of books
- Condor, the mount of Green Rider Karigan G'ladheon in Kristen Britain's Green Rider series of books
- De Lü, the mount of Chinese warlord Liu Bei in the Romance of Three Kingdoms
- Faran, Sparhawk's horse in David Eddings' series The Elenium and The Tamuli
- Fatty Lumpkin, horse owned by Tom Bombadil in The Lord of the Rings
- Firefoot, horse owned by Éomer in The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Flame, from The Black Stallion series
- Flicka, from My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara
- Florian, from Felix Salten's novel "Florian, the Emperor's Horse"
- Fru-Fru, from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
- the Houyhnhnms, a race of intelligent and cultured horses in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
- The Golden Ass, 2nd century AD Roman novel in Latin
- Hasufel, Aragorn's horse in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
- Hwin, from The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis
- Captain Jinks' horse, of the Horse Marines, fed on corn and beans in the nursery rhyme
- Jolly Jumper, Lucky Luke's horse and friend in Lucky Luke
- Kate and Bill, the Wilders' work horses of Laura Ingalls Wilder's The First Four Years
- Lark, from The Berserker's Horse by Lisa Maxwell
- Miramis with the golden mane and hooves of gold from Astrid Lindgren's book Mio, my Mio
- Misty of Chincoteague, a real pony made famous by Marguerite Henry's children's book of the same name
- Nara, a Hunnuli or magical horse, from The Dark Horse series by Mary H. Herbert
- The Pie, from National Velvet by Enid Bagnold
- Prince and Lady, Almanzo Wilder's Morgan horse driving team of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books
- Rocinante, from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
- Red Hare, the mount of L� Bu and Guan Yu in the Chinese epic Romance of Three Kingdoms
- Šarac or Sharkolia, horse of Prince Marko
- Roheryn, horse owned by Aragorn in J. R. R. Tolkien'sThe Lord of the Rings
- Sam and David, the Ingalls family work horses of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books
- Satan, from The Black Stallion series
- Shadowfax, Gandalf's horse from The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Sharp-ears, horse owned by Merry Brandybuck from The Lord of the Rings
- Silver Blaze, eponymous hero of a Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Snowfire, a white horse from "Eragon" by Christopher Paolini
- Snowmane, horse owned by King Théoden from The Lord of the Rings
- Strider, pony owned by Frodo Baggins from The Lord of the Rings
- Stybba, pony owned by Merry Brandybuck of The Lord of the Rings
- Swish-tail, pony owned by Merry Brandybuck of The Lord of the Rings
- Thestrals, winged horses in the Harry Potter series of novels
- Trixie and Fly, and colts Kelpie and Susan, the Wilders' riding ponies of Laura Ingalls Wilder's The First Four Years
- The Little Humpbacked Horse, from eponymous Russian tale
- White-socks, pony owned by Merry Brandybuck of The Lord of the Rings
- Windfola, horse of Dernhelm ridden by Éowyn from The Lord of the Rings
- Wise-nose, pony owned by Merry Brandybuck of The Lord of the Rings
- The Ghost Mare, in the book of the same name by David Grew 1949
- Bella, A mare own by Rand al'Thor, given to Egwene al'Vere in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time.
- Mandarb, or Blade in the old tongue; a warhorse own by al'Lan Mandragoran in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time.
Horses in film
Horses in television
- Argo, from Xena: Warrior Princess
- Black Beauty, from The Adventures of Black Beauty, loosely based on the novel (see above)
- Champion the Wonder Horse, the eponymous hero of a 1950s television series
- Duncan, also known as Furious D, from The Simpsons
- Edmund, Aunt Manya's imaginary pony, from Seinfeld
- Mr. Ed, eponymous horse of the CBS series from 1961-1966
- Esquilax, in The Simpsons
- Fury, the eponymous black stallion of the 1950s TV series
- Hercules, Steptoe and Son's horse
- Lasty, Futurama
- Pie-O-My, Ralph Cifaretto's horse from Episodes 44 and 48 of Season 4 of The Sopranos
- Pokey, the horse from The Gumby Show
- Pony Puff Princess, Dee Dee's idol in Dexter's Laboratory
- Princess, Lisa's horse in The Simpsons
- Quick Draw McGraw, of Hanna-Barbera's cartoon series
- Scout, Tonto's horse
- Silver, the Lone Ranger's horse
- Sophie, Colonal Potter's horse on M*A*S*H (TV series)
- Tornado, Zorro's horse
- The White Horses, the eponymous horses in the Yugoslav childen's series, seen in an English dubbed version in the late 1960s/early 1970s.
Horses in animation
- Spirit Who Could Not Be Broken, the stallion from Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, who remains nameless until the end of the film
- Horace Horsecollar
- Khan, a horse from Disney's Mulan
- Philip, a horse from Disney's Beauty and the Beast
- Noble Heart Horse, a Care Bears Cousin from the Care Bears television series and films
- Catherine, Link's horse in the Legend of Zelda animated series
- Achilles, horse of Captain Phoebus in Disney's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"
- Altivo, Cortez's warhorse from Dreamwork's "Road To El Dorado"
- "Horse", Dudley Do-Right's horse
- Kokuō, Raō's giant horse from Fist of the North Star
Horses in song
- Becky, the horse from Carl Perkins' "Movie Magg"
- Chestnut Mare, the eponymous horse in the song by The Byrds
- Feitlebaum, the racehorse who always finishes first (even in a car race) in songs by Doodles Weaver (performed with Spike Jones and his City Slickers)
- Henry the Horse, the waltzing horse from The Beatles' "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite" (based on a real horse called Zanthus, from Pablo Fanque's Circus Royal)
- The Horse with No Name, the eponymous horse in the song by America (assuming a nameless horse can be eponymous)
- Mac, from Mason Profitt's "Two Hangmen"
- The Old Gray Mare, the eponymous horse in the song of the same name
- The Tennessee Stud, the eponymous horse in the song written by Jimmy Driftwood
- Trigger, the horse who pulled the fastest milkcart in the West in Benny Hill's "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)"
- Wildfire, the eponymous horse in the song by Michael Murphy
Horses in video games
See also
