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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.
They descend from [[Felaróf]], who was tamed by the first [[King of Rohan]], [[Eorl]].  Ever since, they have been been the mounts of the King and Princes of Rohan alone.  During the War of the Ring, however, [[Gandalf| Gandalf the Grey]] tamed [[Shadowfax]], lord of the Mearas at the end of the [[Third Age]].


==Individual horses==
===Arod===
Arod was the horse of [[Legolas]]. He was the grey/white horse given to Legolas by the Riders of [[Rohan]] in ''The Two Towers''.

===Asfaloth===
'''Asfaloth''' is the horse ridden by the [[Elves (Middle-earth)|elf]] who meets [[Aragorn|Strider]] and the [[Hobbit]]s shortly before they arrive at [[Rivendell]] ([[Glorfindel]] in the book, [[Arwen]] in [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film)|film version]]).

:'Ride on! Ride on!' cried Glorfindel, and the loud and clear he called to the horse in the elf-tongue: ''noro lim, noro lim, Asfaloth!'' (which is [[Sindarin]] for 'ride on').
{{right|- excerpt from ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film)|The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''}}

===Bill the Pony===
'''Bill''' is bought by [[Frodo Baggins]] and his companions in [[Bree (Middle-earth)|Bree]], as they fled [[the Shire]] on their way to [[Rivendell]].  This was necessary as their own ponies had been stolen from the stables of the [[Prancing Pony]] inn, where they spent the night.  Bill was purchased from [[Bill Ferny]], who was in league with the spies who stole the other ponies.  Ferny was a cruel man who tormented (contracted; show full)[[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]]

[[fr:Bill le Poney]]