List of Fictional Horses - Horses in Literature

Horses in Literature

• Acorn, Davy's horse in the Chaos Walking Trilogy by Patrick Ness.
• Alfonso (or, in Swedish, Lilla Gubben), the horse in the Pippi Longstocking series by Astrid Lindgren.
• Angharrad, Todd's horse in the Chaos Walking Trilogy by Patrick Ness.
• Arondel, Bevis's horse in the Middle English romance Bevis of Hampton
• Artax, Atreyu's horse in Michael Ende's The Neverending Story
• Athansor, ridden by Peter Lake in Mark Helprin's A Winter's Tale
• Azarax, from The Byerley Turk by Jeremy James
• Azul, The Blue Horse, from The Alchemical Horseman, by Jeremy James
• Banner, from My Friend Flicka
• Barnum and Skip, the Wilders' driving team of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books and The First Four Years
• Bela, originally owned by Tam al'Thor, and later by Egwene al'Vere in The Wheel of Time series.
• Bess and Beauty, two work horses from "Farmer Boy" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Binky, ridden by Death in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels
• Black Beauty, from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
• The Black (Stallion), from a series of 21 books by Walter Farley beginning with The Black Stallion (1941)
• Black Boy and Rapide, Jill Crewe's ponies from the series by Ruby Ferguson (in later editions, "Black Boy" became "Best Boy")
• Blackjack, from the Percy Jackson Series
• Blaze, from a series of children's books by Clarence William Anderson, beginning with Billy and Blaze (1936)
• Boxer, Mollie, and Clover, from Animal Farm by George Orwell
• Bree Hee Hinny Brinny Hoohy Hah ("Bree" for short), from The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis
• Bronze, the Steel General's horse in Roger Zelazny's Creatures of Light and Darkness
• Cadoc, from Christopher Paolini's Eragon.
• Capilet, from William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night Act 3, Scene 4 - Sir Andrew's Ague Cheek's horse
• Cigarette, from My Friend Flicka
• Cloud, the pony owned by Veralidaine Sarrasri, plus other ponies, in The Immortals Quartet by Tamora Pierce.
• Sir Chess, the Knight Destrier, in Linda Medley's Castle Waiting.
• 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
• Dagobaz, Ash's horse from The Far Pavilions by M. M. Kaye
• 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
• Flame, from The Black Stallion series
• Fledge the winged horse from The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis - originally named Strawberry and working in London pulling hansom cabs, before being transported to Narnia and given wings and a new name by Aslan.
• 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
• Glue-Boy, Cuthbert Allgood's horse from the Dark Tower series by Stephen King.
• Ginger, from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
• Gunpowder, Ichabod Crane's horse from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
• The Golden Ass, 2nd century AD Roman novel in Latin
• The "great horses" owned by Angus Morton in The Chrysalids. Though they are the result of an officially sanctioned breeding program, the fact they are, technically, mutants causes tension between Angus and his brother-in-law, Joseph Strorm.
• Greatheart, Beauty's horse from Robin McKinley's novel Beauty
• Hatatitla, Old Shatterhand's horse in Karl May's Winnetou.
• The Hell Bitch, Captain Woodrow Call's horse in Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove.
• Hero, the fastest horse in the world; owned by the legendary The Phantom
• Highboy, from My Friend Flicka
• the Houyhnhnms, a race of intelligent and cultured horses in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
• 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
• Iltschi, Winnetou's horse
• Jolly Jumper, Lucky Luke's horse and friend in Lucky Luke
• Joey, from War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
• Kate and Bill, the Wilders' work horses of Laura Ingalls Wilder's The First Four Years
• Kholstomer by Leo Tolstoy
• Kieran's Horse, Nigel, from Kieran and the Horse by Thomas Pynchon
• Lark, from The Berserker's Horse by Lisa Maxwell
• Lightfoot, Meara of Rohan and the sire of Snowmane in J.R.R. Tolkien's series
• Merrylegs, from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
• Miramis with the golden mane and hooves of gold from Astrid Lindgren's book Mio, My Son
• Misty of Chincoteague, a real pony made famous by Marguerite Henry's children's book of the same name
• Monarch, from the book Jodie's Journey
• Moonlight, the horse owned by Alanna of Trebond in the Song of the Lioness quartet by Tamora Pierce
• Nahar, noble steed of the Vala Oromë, in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion
• Napoleon, from the book The Black Stallion
• Nara, a Hunnuli or magical horse, from The Dark Horse series by Mary H. Herbert
• Prairie Horses from The Horseclans
• Peachblossom, the horse owned by Keladry in the Protector of the Small quartet by Tamora Pierce
• Persephone from House of Night by PC Cast and Kristen Cast
• The Pie, from National Velvet by Enid Bagnold
• Pilgrim from The Horse Whisperer (book) by Nicholas Evans and the The Horse Whisperer (film) based on it
• Prince and Lady, Almanzo Wilder's Morgan horse driving team of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books
• Pylon, Susan's horse from the Dark Tower series by Stephen King.
• Rakhsh, Rostam's horse in Shahnameh
• Rih, Kara Ben Nemsi's horse in Karl May's tales of the orient.
• Roach is the name Geralt of Rivia, from The Witcher series by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski, gives to all his horses.
• Rocket, Flicka's dam, from My Friend Flicka
• Rocinante, from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes; also the name of fictional horses in several other books and movies
• Red Hare, the mount of Lü Bu and Guan Yu in the Chinese epic Romance of Three Kingdoms
• Rusher, Roland's horse from the Dark Tower series by Stephen King.
• Sam and David, the Ingalls family work horses of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie
• Sham from King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
• Silver from The Lone Ranger
• Snowfire, from Christopher Paolini's Eragon.
• Stardust and Sunstorm from Ashleigh's Hope by Joanna Campbell
• Starlight from "Farmer Boy" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Stranger, Sandor Clegane's warhorse from A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin
• Stormy, from Stormy, Misty's Foal by Marguerite Henry
• Sunfire, from Ravenheart and Sorrowheart by Kendra Ann Thomas
• Talat, Aerin's horse in The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
• Tencendur, Charlemagne's warhorse in The Song of Roland
• Thunderhead, son of Flicka from the book by Mary O'Hara
• Tornac, from Christopher Paolini's Eragon.
• Trotsky, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's horse
• Tsornin (Sungold), Harry Crewe's horse in The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley.
• Topthorn from War Horse by Michael Morpurgo.
• Veillantif (also called Brigliadoro), Roland's horse in the chansons de geste.
• Whinney and her offspring, Racer and Grey, from the Earth's Children books
• Whirlwind from Shadow Horse by Alison Hart
• Sunka Wakan " The Great Spirit horse" from The Great Spirit Horse by Linda Little Wolf
• Pips, Matrim Cauthon's horse in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time.