Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

edgy_secular_memes t1_j1j1ztc wrote

A question I’ve always wondered and been afraid to ask, where did the rumors of Katherine the Great sleeping with a horse start and why?

8

jezreelite t1_j1jq4mi wrote

Virginia Rounding puts that rumor down to three factors:

  • The scholar and traveler Adam Ölschläger had claimed in the mid-17th century that Russians liked sleeping with horses and his claims became sort of an in-joke in Western Europe.
  • Catherine loved horse riding.
  • Catherine wasn't married throughout her reign, but still had a vigorous sex life with her various favourites.
7