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December 30, 2025

Beasts of Burden in Your Fantasy Novel - Other than Horses

A bactrian camel in a pen. They look like they're posing.

One of the things I see a lot is fantasy writers using horses for everything because it's the only beast of burden I know.

So I figured I'd do a post about the various other animals we use on this planet, excluding horses, donkeys, and mules (although please remember mules exist, I absolutely love when I come across a mule in a book!).

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