tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post8714317451117722223..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: Animal NamesBardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-64539558668473377772013-03-04T07:59:37.809-08:002013-03-04T07:59:37.809-08:00Pyewacket (from Bell, Book and Candle).
ChrisinNY...Pyewacket (from Bell, Book and Candle).<br /><br />ChrisinNYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-56682660659187127772013-03-04T06:38:10.283-08:002013-03-04T06:38:10.283-08:00Wellington's horse was CopenhagenWellington's horse was CopenhagenSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716705206734059708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-63063247709199248812013-03-03T17:09:25.952-08:002013-03-03T17:09:25.952-08:00As proude Bayard gynneth for to skippe
Out of the ...As proude Bayard gynneth for to skippe<br />Out of the weye, so pryketh hym his corn,<br />Til he a lasshe have of the longe whippe;<br />Than thynketh he, "Though I praunce al byforn<br />First in the trays, ful fat and newe shorn,<br />Yet am I but an hors, and horses lawe<br />I moot endure, and with my feres drawe";<br /><br />So ferde it by this fierse and proude knyght . . . .<br />(T&C I.218-25)<br /><br />All the animals in the Reynard stories have names. Tybalt the cat. Renart's wife, Hermaline. Ysengrim, the wolf, and his wife, Hersent. <br /><br />Arthur's dog is Caval in the Welsh stories, and I expect his horse has a name, too (Perrus? [that's a joke]), but I can't think of it. I'm pretty sure that at least in some versions, the little dog that Tristan gives Isolde gets a name. Would you count the Chevalier au Cygne, or not? Hey, how about Grendel?Dame Eleanor Hullhttp://dameeleanorhull.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-70122735604904542982013-03-03T16:07:11.076-08:002013-03-03T16:07:11.076-08:00I should think so, JaneB!
I should think so, JaneB!<br />Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-20591925950225087002013-03-03T14:15:42.617-08:002013-03-03T14:15:42.617-08:00Does Pangur Ban count?Does Pangur Ban count?JaneBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17779448611795379774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-69127043893390010402013-03-03T12:08:16.976-08:002013-03-03T12:08:16.976-08:00"For I will consider my cat Jeoffry.""For I will consider my cat Jeoffry." <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-48125580055706748572013-03-03T11:19:04.469-08:002013-03-03T11:19:04.469-08:00Misty of Chincoteague, and Stormy, Misty's Foa...Misty of Chincoteague, and Stormy, Misty's Foal (there are probably a good many other named horses in those books, but those are the two I remember). I think at least some of the farm animals in the Little House books had names, too. And, of course, Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore, Kanga, and Roo. Rikki-tikki-tavi (and various other Kipling animals). <br /><br />Aslan the lion (and some other named creatures, both actual and mythical, there, too). <br /><br />There are at least 2 dogs in _Uncle Tom's Cabin_: a large one (Newfoundland, I think, and I think the name is Bruno) and a smaller one who belongs to George Harris (and which his master drowns; I'm pretty sure this one has a name, to, but I'm not remembering it offhand). There's also an (unnamed, I think) kitten who meets a horrible death toward the beginning of _The Lamplighter_ (cruelty to animals seems to be one way of showing that a character is generally cruel in mid-19th-century American fiction). I think you'd generally find a good number of both dogs and cats, many of them named, in mid-19th-century American bestsellers. My instinct is to suspect that the same is true for Dickens (who also wrote novels that might be termed "domestic"), but I can't think of one offhand. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-18750326392032056062013-03-03T10:43:36.779-08:002013-03-03T10:43:36.779-08:00When I hear Bayard I think not of the horse but of...When I hear Bayard I think not of the horse but of the Chevalier de Bayard.<br /><br />There's Crab the dog in "Two Gentlemen of Verona." Justus Lipsius had three dogs, Mopsus, Mopsulus, and Saphyrus, which he mentioned in some of his letters.Brian W. Ogilviehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05045133494402037781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-24752875548092586642013-03-03T10:24:07.269-08:002013-03-03T10:24:07.269-08:00Hemingway has cats with names in Islands in the St...Hemingway has cats with names in Islands in the Stream. And they're really important to the main character, taking the place of his family after his sons die. Sadly, that's as much as I remember. delagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18197857250240640822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-63202337885310424092013-03-03T10:16:32.996-08:002013-03-03T10:16:32.996-08:00I'm reading Jane Eyre right now--Mesrour the h...I'm reading Jane Eyre right now--Mesrour the horse, Pilot the dog.heu mihihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08529298049179816825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-66894205299566189612013-03-03T09:56:18.358-08:002013-03-03T09:56:18.358-08:00Bucephalus! Incitatus was probably a senator in my...Bucephalus! Incitatus was probably a senator in myth, only. Charlemagne's horse in 'The Song of Roland' was Tencendur. Marengo - Napoleon's mount. U.S. Grant rode Cincinnati.<br /><br />Don Quixote rode Rocinante, right? Did you read and love 'My Friend Flicka"? Certainly 'Black Beauty' with Merrylegs and Ginger, as well.<br /><br />How about race horses? "Eclipse the first, the rest nowhere." The Byerley Turk, the Godolphin Arabian and the Darley Arabian - foundation stallions of the Thoroughbred breed. Steeplechasing gave us "The Pie" (immortalized in 'National Velvet') as well as Red Rum.<br /><br />Yes, you can guess what animal I was obsessed with as a youngster. I still ride a bit today although mostly I play groom for Eldest who does dressage on a handsome buckskin named Oscar (registered name "Desired Version").Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14093558563358431804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-51429754492553797832013-03-03T08:47:03.973-08:002013-03-03T08:47:03.973-08:00There is a horse named Bayard in Adam of the Road,...There is a horse named Bayard in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Adam-Road-Puffin-Modern-Classics/dp/0142406597/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1362328865&sr=8-1&keywords=adam+of+the+road" rel="nofollow">Adam of the Road</a>, which was my Favorite Book Ever when I was nine or so, and the one that got me hooked on all things medieval. However, I'm sure the author borrowed the name from Chaucer, even though the book is set a century or so earlier.Fretful Porpentinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165078003123517013noreply@blogger.com