Literary characters introduced in 1726

fictional character in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

Houyhnhnms are a fictional race of intelligent horses described in the last part of Jonathan Swift's satirical 1726 novel ''Gulliver's Travels''. The name is pronounced either or . Swift apparently intended all words of the Houyhnhnm language to echo the neighing of horses.

fictional race from Gulliver's Travels