Talk:List of fictional horses

message: Please add "'Chretienne' from David Eddings' 'The Malloreon'", "'Horse' from David Eddings' "The Belgariad", because the list currently includes a horse from Eddings' "The Elenium" and "The Tamuli", but not his more successful and well-known series. Ajbeck12 (talk) 01:12, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: WikiMacaroonsCinnamon? 19:00, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 31 July 2020 

message: Add to list of famous Horses in Literature:  ROLAND, surviving horse of "How they brought the good news from Ghent to Aix,"  by Robert Browning in 1845.  The poem suggests that a fictional urgent message was sent to save the people of Aix from danger in 1576.  --Wikiepedia Cheromike (talk) 19:07, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. P,TO 19104  (talk) (contribs)  19:25, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 10 November 2020 

message: The horse Throwaway from Ulysses by James Joyce should be added to the list of horses in literature 77.230.215.116 (talk) 20:17, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. P,TO 19104  (talk) (contribs)  19:25, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 10 November 2020 (2) 

message: Horses in animation
Ponygon and his parents, Kardio from Zatch Bell! Purpur123 (talk) 09:32, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Done SITH (talk) 21:00, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 22 February 2021 

message: add Bill the Pony and Bregor from Lord of the Rings, the book and the movie
add Pumpkin and Seabiscuit from Seabiscuit
add Bunny from Little House on the Prairie 73.169.190.167 (talk) 03:34, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: The horse needs to be notable enough for it's own article. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 09:08, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 21 July 2021 

message: What are people's thoughts on including mythology and folklore in a page about fiction? By my understanding, and in line with the page Fiction, fiction refers to works that are not intended to be believed by the teller or listener, whereas mythology and folklore are often either believed or have been believed by the relevant audiences. Inclusion of Uchchaihshravas, for example, presupposes the inaccuracy of that part of Hinduism.  Would we include the Devil, angels or God (Christianity) in a list of fictional beings? To me, regardless of how we personally feel about their metaphysical reality, mythology, religion and folklore constitute a different genre to fiction and their contents shouldn't be included on a page such as this. Ingwina (talk) 12:15, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: They seem a notable topic for this page. The devil, angels, and gods differ in that they are a source of religious tradition and debate, while mythological horses are not considered ever-present, ever-living, or beings which center a religion. Randy Kryn (talk) 12:33, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: However there are gods in the list such as Dyaus Pita and Epona who are certainly a source of religious tradition. Are they included in error or because not many people actively believe in them now and so they have become fictional, made-up and untrue? I think for deciding genre, we need to consider how they were intended to be recieved and how they were received in the context of their original audience. Folkloric examples such as kelpies are believed to be just as real as any god who the people also worship. You also state that horses in mythology are fiction as they are not considered ever-present, ever-living or the central point of a religion however these do not seem like the best criteria for differentiating traditional beliefs and fiction, or indeed entirely correct. Firstly, the first two aspects are not attributes of all gods in all religions, with the horses that pull Moon and Sun in Nordic religion living for roughly as long as the gods. Secondly, can we actually exclude the possibility that telling stories of the Mares of Diomedes played an important role in the cult of Heracles or that Blóðughófi or Sleipnir were offered to as part of the cult of the gods they bear? Is Azura fictional because they don't seem to be central in religions? I don't think importance assigned to them determines their status as fiction, nor do I think that pulling the sun would have been seen as unimportant matter, separate from religious belief and practice. Ingwina (talk) 08:39, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inclusion of mythology and folklore 

message: referring to the last item the "horses in toys" subsection, i was unable to find anything in English on "Glinky" relating to horses. the user who added the item is also anonymous, so i can't contact them. does anyone know what this might be referencing? i'd like to add a source, if so. Dermasnoke (talk) 16:38, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Glinky Horse????