List of fictional horses
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Horses in Mythology
- Arion, an immortal, extremely swift horse
- Arvak and Alsvid pulled Sol's chariot
- Baku, horse-bodied dream-eaters
- Centaur, part human, part horse
- Dyaus Pita, the Sky Father, who appears as a horse
- Embarr was Niamh's horse
- Gandharva, male nature spirits, usually part horse
- Hengroen, King Arthur's horse
- 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
- the Sileni, a half-man, half-horse race in Greek mythology
- the Trojan Horse
- Skinfaxi was 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
- 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)
- 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
- Many 'Companions', which are human spirits reincarnated in the form of white horses in Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series of books.
- Concorde, the mount of Sir Lancelot in Monty Python and the Holy Grail (not a real horse, but a page banging coconuts together)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Lark, from The Berserker's Horse by Lisa Maxwell
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Horses in Film
- Black Beauty in Black Beauty
- Buttermilk, Dale Evans' horse
- Khartoum, the horse in The Godfather
- Velvet Brown's horse Pie in National Velvet, and a bunch of other horses
- Trigger, Roy Rogers' horse
- Various horses in The Man From Snowy River
Horses in Television
- Black Beauty from The Adventures of Black Beauty, loosely based on the novel (see above)
- Champion the Wonder Horse, eponymous hero of a 1950s series
- the Clydesdales of the Budweiser beer commercials
- Edmund, Aunt Manya's imaginary pony, from Seinfeld
- Mr. Ed, from the TV show of that name
- Esquilax, in The Simpsons
- Fury, the black stallion of the 1950s TV series of the same name
- Hercules, Steptoe and Son's horse
- Pokey, of 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
- Tornado, Zorro's horse
- Eponymous White Horses in the Yugoslav childen's series, seen in an English dubbed version in the late 1960s/early 1970s.
Horses in Animation
- characters in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
- Horace Horsecollar
- Khan in Disney's Mulan
- Philip, in Disney's Beauty and the Beast
- Barbie's horse
- Noble Heart Horse - a Care Bears cousin
Horses in Song
- Eponymous Chestnut Mare in the song by The Byrds
- Eponymous Horse with No Name (assuming a nameless horse can be eponymous) in the song by America
- 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)
- The Horse - title of instrumental 1968 rock song by Cliff Nobles and Co.
- "Horses" by Patti Smith
- Mac, in the Mason Profitt song "Two Hangmen"
- "My Lovely Horse", a fictional Eurovision Song Contest entry sung by Father Ted Crilly and Father Dougal McGuire on Father Ted
- "On Horseback", coda to Ommadawn by Mike Oldfield
- Stewball, the racehorse in the song of that name
- Trigger, pulled the fastest milkcart in the West in the Benny Hill song "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)"
- "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?" by U2
- "Wild Horses" by The Rolling Stones
- "Wildfire" by Michael Murphy
- The "Old Gray Mare" in the song of that name
- The waltzing Henry the Horse from The Beatles' Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite (based on a real horse called Zanthus)
Horses in Video Games
- Epona became Link's horse in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and again in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask