Horse Allusions, Definition, Citation, Reference, Information - Allusion to Horse

  1. Al Borak white horse Muhammad rode to the seven heavens. [Islam: Leach, 172]
  2. Arion fabulous winged horse; offspring of Demeter and Poseidon. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 31]
  3. Arundel Bevis’s incomparable steed. [Br. Lit.: Bevis of Hampton]
  4. Assault famous horse in history of thoroughbred racing. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1273]
  5. Balius immortal steed of Achilles. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 44]
  6. Bavieca the Cid’s horse. [Sp. Legend: Brewer Dictionary, 80]
  7. Black Beauty story of a horse has become a children’s classic. [Br. Lit.: Black Beauty, Payton, 80]
  8. Black Bess belonged to the notorious highwayman, Dick Turpin. [Br. Hist.: Benét, 103]
  9. Bucephalus wild steed, broken by Alexander to be his mount. [Gk. Hist.: Leach, 167]
  10. centaur beast that is half-horse, half-man. [Gk. Myth.: Mercatante, 201–202]
  11. Citation famous horse in history of thoroughbred racing. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1273]
  12. Clavileño legendary wooden horse on which Don Quixote and Sancho Panza think they are taking a journey through the air. [Span. Lit.: Bella, 205]
  13. Flicka a paragon of horses. [TV: “My Friend Flicka” in Terrace, II, 125]
  14. Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The ride white, red, black, and pale horses, symbolizing, respectively, invasion, civil strife, scarcity and famine, and pestilence and death. [N.T.: Revelation 6:1-8]
  15. Gallant Fox famous horse in history of thoroughbred racing. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1273]
  16. Gilpin, John his borrowed horse carries him at a mad pace for miles to its owner’s home, then turns and runs back. [Br. Poetry: John Gilpin’s Ride]
  17. Grane Brünnhilde’s war horse, presented to Siegfried. [Ger. Opera: Wagner, Gotterdammerung, Westerman, 244]
  18. Gringalet Gawain’s steed. [Br. Lit.: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]
  19. Gunpowder Ichabod Crane’s favorite steed. [Am. Lit.: Washington Irving “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”]
  20. Hambletonian famous trotting horse after which race for threeyear-old trotters is named. [Am. Culture; Mathews, 769]
  21. Harum, David would rather trade horses than eat or sleep. [Am. Lit.: David Harum in Magill I, 192]
  22. Hippolytus, St. patron saint of horses. [Christian Hagiog.: Brewster, 367]
  23. Houyhnhnms race of horses that represent nobility, virtue, and reason. [Br. Lit.: Gulliver ’s Travels]
  24. Man o’ War (“Big Red”) famous racehorse foaled at Belmont Stables. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 421]
  25. Meg (Maggie) Tam O’Shanter’s gray mare that lost her tail to the witch. [Scot. Poetry: Burns “Tam O’Shanter”]
  26. Mr. Ed the talking horse. [TV: Terrace, II, 116–117]
  27. Native Dancer famous horse in history of thoroughbred racing. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1273]
  28. Pegasus winged mount of Bellerophon. [Gk. Myth.: Hall, 238]
  29. roan stallion tramples its owner to death and is shot by his wife, though she had been seduced by the stallion’s beauty. [Am. Poetry: Robinson Jeffers The Roan Stallion in Magill I, 835]
  30. Rosinante Don Quixote’s mount. [Span. Lit.: Don Quixote]
  31. Scout Tonto’s horse. [TV: “The Lone Ranger” in Terrace, II, 34; Radio: “The Lone Ranger” in Buxton, 143]
  32. Seabiscuit famous horse in history of thoroughbred racing. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1273]
  33. Seattle Slew famous horse in history of thoroughbred racing. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1273]
  34. Secretariat famous horse in history of thoroughbred racing. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1273]
  35. Shadowfax great horse of the wizard Gandalf. [Br. Lit.: J. R. R. Tolkien Lord of the Rings]
  36. Silver the Lone Ranger’s trusty steed. [Radio: “The Lone Ranger” in Buxton, 143–144; TV: Terrace, II, 34–35]
  37. Sleipnir Odin’s eight-legged gray horse. [Norse Myth.: Benét, 937]
  38. Tony Tom Mix’s “Wonder Horse.” [Radio: “Tom Mix” in Buxton, 241–242]
  39. Topper Hopalong Cassidy’s faithful horse. [Cinema and TV: “Hopalong Cassidy” in Terrace, I, 369]
  40. Trigger Roy Roger’s horse. [TV: “The Roy Rogers Show” in Terrace, II, 260]
  41. Whirlaway famous horse in history of thoroughbred racing. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1273]