| The Ebony Horse | |
|---|---|
 The Prince flies with the princess on the mechanical horse. Illustration by John D. Batten. | |
| Folk tale | |
| Name | The Ebony Horse |
| Also known as | The Enchanted Horse |
| Aarne–Thompson grouping | ATU 575 (The Prince's Wings) |
| Published in | One Thousand and One Nights |
| Related | The Wooden Eagle (ru) |
The Ebony Horse, The Enchanted Horse or The Magic Horse[1][2] 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 horse can fly the distance of one year in a single day, and is used as a vehicle by the Prince of Persia, Qamar al-Aqmar, in his adventures across Persia, Arabia and Byzantium.[3]
- ^ Scull, William Ellis; Marshall, Logan (ed.). Fairy Tales of All Nations: Famous Stories from the English, German, French, Italian, Arabic, Russian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Bohemian, Japanese and Other Sources. Philadelphia: J. C. Winston Co. 1910. pp. 129-140.
- ^ Kennedy, Philip F.; Warner, Marina, eds. (2013). "LIST OF STORIES". Scheherazade's Children: Global Encounters with the Arabian Nights. NYU Press. pp. 401–408. ISBN 978-1-4798-4031-1. JSTOR j.ctt9qfrpw.27.
- ^ Marzolph, Ulrich; van Leewen, Richard. The Arabian Nights Encyclopedia. Vol. I. California: ABC-Clio. 2004. pp. 172-173. ISBN 1-85109-640-X (e-book)