Mount

:For other uses of the term, see Mount (Disambiguation).
 are a recurring mechanic in . They are or enemies whose movements are manually controlled for the purposes of Transportation, combat, or playing . Some can be summoned with a special . In some games, can unseat an enemy's and use it himself. In other games, he can only use his own.
 is the most common of 's personal . In general, flying by is the most frequently recurring form of animal-based transportation in . 
==Appearances==
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In , revives the . It then follows the hero around . Picking up the causes to fly just above the ground, allowing him to retrieve the in . When completes , he can no longer use the – it has gone to live in the .
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In , when (child or adult) jumps off a ledge carrying a , he will glide slowly downward. can use this technique to gather the 's in for a . Lone at and can be used to obtain nearby.
Adult can mount the saddled at . A canters when its rider digs their heels into its sides. It gallops when whipped. can whip his up to 6 times in succession to maintain a gallop. The number of remaining whippings is represented as which regenerate over time. A galloping can jump over fences, but only if approaching the fence head-on.
 wins from by beating him in two horseback races. escapes on 's back by making her jump over the outer fence. can also jump across the broken bridge over . needs her in order to play at the and to hunt , who only appear while is on horseback. can draw his while on horseback, but cannot use his other weapons. He is also invincible while mounted on . 
 and ride a white out of as purses them on a black stallion. rides an identical stallion.
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In , rides a young without a saddle, which he was unable to do in . steals from Link in the . must retrieve her from in order to jump the fences in barring the entrances to and . also needs her in order to race the at the . During the event, defends 's against the masked as they attempt to attack the on horseback.
One of the in uses a to glide away from when playing . 
The mounts is a .
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In , mounts one of the three to traverse the . Each has an attack move as well as a special ability. can leap up cliffs and over holes, can fly, and can swim against currents and up waterfalls.
In , mounts all three , but as in he can only summon the one whose he owns (, , ). Their special abilities are needed to traverse (), (), (), and (whichever one Link can ). 
 
In , also uses a (similar to the from ) to reach the eastern summit of where the tree is located.
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In stage, the instantaneously mount when one of them picks up a . The are needed to jump fences and can also trample enemies and . They disappear after a certain amount of time, unless the pick up another before then. 
 also appear in the . 
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In , mounts to herd at . disappears when a band of mounted on attack . Their leader, , mounts . reappears in after throwing off a pair of riders. Link subdues his frenzied horse and regains the ability to her with , and later the . can draw his and swing his while mounted on . Unlike previous games, he is not invincible while mounted and can even be knocked off by an attack. Likewise, can knock riders off their . When kidnaps , a mounted battle ensues between and defended by . then defeats in a joust. Later on in the game, again mounts to fend off mounted attacking the carrying and to . At the end of the game, fights on horseback. summons to attack .
 always ride two to a — one steers the animal while an archer sits behind. In , where cannot call , Link can ride and use their charging ability to destroy the wooden fences in the area. 
 can once again be used to glide to otherwise unreachable places. In particular, uses the to cross the gorge in , in order to reach the on the other side. The features -gliding as well.
After kills the 's rider, can mount the beast and steer it up with in its claws. The same is true for the giant used to play .
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-riding occasionally attack the . 
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Adults in mount to travel to the floating islands of the . are bound to their riders for life. pairs with a rare and uses it to fly to the islands of the , to the , and to the inside of the . 
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==Nomenclature==