The Rohirrim, why horses?

[Morthoron]

Originally Posted by Goldberry123

Thank you for that theory. Do you have a title of a book or article in which Tolkien expressed this opinion, so I could read up in full?

Where did I get that from...hmmm? Being too lazy to research, I think it came from Tom Shippey's The Road To Middle-earth, but don't quote me on that.

The revisionist Anglo-Saxon as cavalrymen angle to the Rohirrim has been batted around by Tolkien scholars for years. Or, maybe I just made it up. Yes, I made it up just now. It's fascinating how my mind works.

Ummm...what were we talking about again?