Sixteen legends, folk literature of many countries, in which the loyalty and intelligence of horses figure strongly. Included are such tried and true favorites as The Tangle-Coated Horse, the Seven Foals and Dobblegrim from East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon (Desent translation), The Black Charger, etc. The stories are Irish, Russian, Spanish, Albanian, American Indian, Basque, and so on.