The Ebony Horse, The Enchanted Horse or The Magic Horse is a folk tale featured in the Arabian Nights. It features a flying mechanical horse, controlled using keys, that could fly into outer space and towards the Sun. The ebony … See more

According to researcher Ulrich Marzolph, the tale "The Ebony Horse" was part of the story repertoire of Hanna Diyab, a Christian Maronite … See more

Tale type
The tale is classified in Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as ATU 575, "The Prince's Wings". These tales show two types of narrative:
• The first one: a metalsmith and a tinkerer take part in a … See more

The Russian variant of the tale type ATU 575, "The Wooden Eagle", was adapted into a Soviet animated film in 1953 (ru).
The tale type was also adapted into a Czech fantasy film in 1987, titled O princezně Jasněnce a ševci, který létal (Princess Jasnenka … See more

Scholarship points that the tale migrated to Europe and inspired similar medieval stories about a fabulous mechanical horse. These stories include … See more

Europe
Stith Thompson sees a sparsity of the tale in European compilations, although the elements of the prince's journey on the mechanical apparatus appear in Eastern tales. In addition, Jack V. Haney argued that variants … See more

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• The Flying Trunk, literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
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