Hi there! Of course, you are very welcome to take the picture - that's why I put them up. I was looking for good pics of these guys for a long long time myself, and so wanted to share them when I finally did find some. :-)

I am very glad to find out that May is so popular in Hungary. :-) I don't actually know if young kids in Germany still read him as much as they used to, but I very much hope they do, because I enjoy(ed) them so incredibly much... really lovely adventure novels, those.

Swallow is not a mistranslation - Old Shatterhand also has a horse named Swallow, which is given to him in Winnetou II as far as I know (he also rides several other horses over the course of the wild west adventures, unless I'm much mistaken).

As for Hatatitla: I just found out that originally, Hatatitla ("Lightning") and Iltschi ("Wind") were not named in the Winnetou trilogy - their names were edited in by the Karl May Society because their identity as these particular horses was clear through references in other works by May.

So maybe the Hungarian translation is closer to May's original text in that regard than the editions usually read in Germany. :-) But in either case, Hatatitla is the horse Charlie is given by Winnetou in WI - the twin of Iltschi. Swallow is a different horse.

Phew. Long explanation. Now I feel even geekier than usual. *g*

Thank you for commenting, and Happy Easter to you too! :-)