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Horses of Middle-earth
Horses are an important element in the fantasy world of [[Middle-earth]] created by [[J. R. R. Tolkien]].

==Races of horses==
===Mearas===
The '''Mearas''' were a breed of wild [[horse]]s in the north of [[Middle-earth]] in the [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] [[legendarium]]. Their [[mortality]] is equal to Men and their intelligence and [[strength]] are extraordinary.
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:''Faithful servant yet master's bane''
:''Lightfoot's foal, swift Snowmane. ''
:-- ''The Return of the King'': "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields," p. 120

In French, he is known as [[:fr:Nivacrin]].

===Stybba===
Stybba is the pony given
 by [[Theoden]] to [[Merry Brandybuck]] by [[Theoden]]. He is described as small, shaggy, and grey. Theoden's reason for leaving Merry in [[Edoras]] while he rides to [[Gondor]] to do battle is that Stybba cannot keep up with the horses of the [[Rohirrim]], and none of the riders can carry Merry. The name is from [[Old English]] ''styb'' "stub, stump". Icelandic ''stubbur'' is a common name for sheep.

===Windfola===
[[Éowyn]]'s Meara grey horse. Whilst disguised as Dernhelm, Éowyn (with Merry) rode to the Battle of the Pelennor Fields on Windfola.

==See also:==
*[[List of fictional horses]]
[[Category:Middle-earth characters|Horses]]
[[Category:Fictional horses]]