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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 horse in the eponymous song by America; Leroy, the cowboy's horse in Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) by Big & Rich
The best horse name for your female or male horse or pony is on this list of cute, classic, popular, funny, and rare name ideas, like Seabiscuit and Goldie. 156 Popular Horse Names From Stately ...
Gyllir, a horse whose name translates to "the golden coloured one" [8] Hamskerpir and Garðrofa, the parents of Hófvarpnir [9] Hófvarpnir, horse of the goddess Gná [1] Hrímfaxi, Nótt's horse [10] Skinfaxi, Dagr's horse [11] Sleipnir, Odin's eight-legged horse [12] Svaðilfari, the stallion that fathered Sleipnir [13]
After finding a small boat with a dead man and a baby boy inside, Arsheesh kept the child and named him Shasta, but did not treat him in a fatherly manner ; Aslan: The Great Lion, the Son of the Emperor-Beyond-the-Sea, the Lord of Cair Paravel, the Emperor of the Lone Islands, High King of All High Kings and the Creator and Lord of Narnia. (All)
A horse name is a secondary noble title or a popular name for members of Ethiopian royalty; in some cases the "horse names" are the only name known for a ruler. They take the form of "father of X", where "X" is the name of the person's warhorse. Some known horse names of Ethiopian nobility include:
One of the oldest sources of legends associating water and horses can be found in the Rig-Veda, which gives birth to the horse from the ocean. [166] In Greek mythology, the horse is the attribute of the Greek sea god Poseidon, who is said to have created it with his trident. Seahorses pull his chariot through the waves. [167]
Under Loki's advice, it was agreed that if the work was completed in one winter with the help of his horse Svaðilfari, the builder would be given Freyja, the sun, and the moon. With Svaðilfari's help, the builder made fast progress on the wall, and three days before the deadline of summer, the builder was nearly done.
Arion is mentioned as early as in the Iliad of Homer, where he is described as the "swift horse of Adrastus, that was of heavenly stock." [10] A scholiast on this line of the Iliad explains that Arion was the offspring of Poseidon, who in the form of a horse, mated with Fury (Ἐρινύος) by the fountain Tilphousa in Boeotia.