[LMB] Horses

[Paula Lieberman]

Satan was black, if I recall correctly, and usually keplians, night horses, 
etc., have the color description of being black.

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From: "Kevin Kennedy" <kevink45 at hotmail.com>


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> From: wawenri at msn.com
> To: lois-bujold at lists.herald.co.uk
> Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 09:15:51 -0600
> Subject: [LMB] Horses
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> In three universes we have three red horses and two of them are crazy 
> mean!
> Fat Ninny, of course, is the exact opposite of Demon and Copperhead, but 
> all
> three are at extremes of, AFAIK, horse behavior. Between universes,
> Watsonian explanations are out, so is there a Doyleist one?
>
> ----------
> William A. Wenrich
> I am a Christian, husband, father, son, and American. Here I stand. I can 
> do
> no other. God help me!

Well, how often is the devil potrayed as red/scarlet, the flames of h*ll, 
etc, a horse with a nasty temper might be described as 'mean as the devil 
himself' or some such. Rats, now I want to go reread some Walter Farley, 
there's a red horse named Satan in there somewhere I think, as well as 
Flame.

Come to think of it, it seems that gray horses are frequently described as 
calm or placid. Related to the gray Percherons used in circuses, or 
wherever, and big&muscular=kinda slow.