The hedging henchman and his hidden horse

These are the Heinzelmännchen of German folklore. The source of henchmen? (Image: Palmer Cox’s “The Brownies” reading a book, from “The Palmer Cox Brownie Primer” via Wikimedia Commons)

Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, 1847 (Image: Daguerreotype by Hermann Blow via Wikimedia Commons)

A military marshal. A long way from a mare-servant! (Image: Uniform of a Russian General-fieldmarshal (1793) via Wikimedia Commons)

Feature image: Running Horse via Wikimedia Commons