List of horses in mythology and folklore#Germanic

This is a list of horses in mythology and folklore.

Arthurian

Enbarr, Manannán, Niamh, and Lugh's horse, which could travel both land and sea
Kelpie, a mythical Celtic water horse
Liath Macha and Dub Sainglend, or Macha's Grey, Cú Chulainn's chariot horse; known as the king of all horses
The Tangle-Coated Horse/Earthshaker, an Otherworld horse belonging to Fionn mac Cumhaill
Nuckelavee, an equine demon from Orcadian folklore
Nuggle, a mischievous, water horse, primarily found in Shetland folklore
Tangie, a seaweed covered, water horse, primarily found in Orcadian and Shetland folklore
Púca, a shapeshifting, sea creature, known for appearing as a horse
Ceffyl Dŵr, a malevolant, water horse, found in Welsh folklore
Each-uisge, a malevolant, water horse, found in Irish and Scottish folklore

Árvakr and Alsviðr, horses that pull Sól's chariot{{sfn|Simek|2008|p=19}}
Blóðughófi, Freyr's horse{{sfn|Kálfsvísa}}
Falhófnir, a horse of the gods{{sfn|Simek|2008|p=78}}
Glað, a horse of the gods{{sfn|Simek|2008|pp=111-112}}
Glær, a horse listed in both the Grímnismál and Gylfaginning{{sfn|Simek|2008|p=112}}
Grani, the horse of Sigurð{{sfn|Düwel|1988|pp=135-136}}
Gulltoppr, the horse of Heimdallr{{sfn|Simek|2008|p=123}}
Gyllir, a horse whose name translates to "the golden coloured one"{{sfn|Simek|2008|p=126}}
Hamskerpir and Garðrofa, the parents of Hófvarpnir{{sfn|Hopkins|2021|p=638}}
Hófvarpnir, horse of the goddess Gná{{sfn|Simek|2008|p=19}}
Hrímfaxi, Nótt's horse{{sfn|Simek|2008|p=157}}
Skinfaxi, Dagr's horse{{sfn|Simek|2008|pp=289-290}}
Sleipnir, Odin's eight-legged horse{{sfn|Simek|2008|pp=293-294}}
Svaðilfari, the stallion that fathered Sleipnir{{sfn|Simek|2008|p=305}}

Arion, an immortal, extremely swift horse
Balius and Xanthos, Achilles' horses
Hippocampus, a sea horse that pulled Poseidon's chariot
Mares of Diomedes, which fed on human flesh
Pegasus, flying horse of Greek mythology
Phaethon,{{cite web|last1=Atsma|first1=Aaron|title=LIST OF IMMORTAL HORSES|url=http://www.theoi.com/Ther/Hippoi.html|website=THEOI GREEK MYTHOLOGY|access-date=28 January 2018}} one of the two immortal steeds of the dawn-goddess Eos
Rhaebus, the horse of Mezentius in Roman myths
Sterope, horse of the sun-god Helios
Trojan Horse
Equuleus, Hippe transformed into a foal (now a constellation)

The horse of Sinterklaas: in the Netherlands "Amerigo" or "Ozosnel", in Flanders "Slechtweervandaag" ("Bad weather today")
Morvarc'h, the horse of Gradlon in Breton legend
The Nuckelavee, an Orcadian horse with no skin which sometimes appears to have a man astride its body
Ros Beiaard, a horse from Belgian folklore, still celebrated annually in many cities across the country
Silili, a Babylonian goddess or divinity of horses
Horses of Pas-de-Calais
White horse of Kent

{{cite web |ref={{SfnRef|Kálfsvísa}}|last1=Gade |first1=Kari Ellen |title=Anonymous Þulur, Kálfsvísa |url=https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1044 |website=Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages |access-date=18 May 2023 |pages=663 |language=en |date=2017}}
{{Cite book |last=Düwel |first=Klaus |editor-last=Jazayery |editor-first=Mohammad Ali |editor2-last=Winter |editor2-first=Werner |contribution=On the Sigurd Representations in Great Britain and Scandinavia |website=De Gruyter|title=Languages and Cultures: Studies in Honor of Edgar C. Polomé |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |year=1988 |location=Berlin |pages=133–156 |doi=10.1515/9783110864359 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v56tj2EPZ-YC |isbn=3-11-010204-8|chapter-url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110864359.133/html}}
{{cite journal |last1=Hopkins |first1=Joseph S. |title=Phantoms of the Edda: Observations Regarding Eddic Items of Unknown Provenance in the Prose Edda |journal=Folklore and Old Norse Mythology |date=2021 |url=https://www.academia.edu/92196605}}
{{cite book |last1=Simek |first1=Rudolf | author-link = Rudolf Simek | translator1-last = Hall | translator-first = Angela |title=A Dictionary of Northern Mythology |date=2008 |publisher=BOYE6 |isbn=9780859915137}}