Talk:Legends of Catherine the Great

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Paragraph 2 suggests that her age at death is proof that she could not have attempted carnal relations with a stallion at that time. However, Paragraph 5 allows that she had many lovers well into her advancing years. This seems contradictory, though I admittedly have no clear image of what additional physical strain a stallion in harness would prove against the constitution of a senior noblewoman, beyond that which her coterie of covert carnal courtiers might regularly thrust upon her.

--Markzero 11:35, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

So unlike the home life of our own dear queen, of course. - WT.

Horses are heavy friggin' animals. If it fell on her, it would cause some major organ and skeletal damage. The likliness of a Russian Empress having bestial relations is quite far-fetched, in either case. -Alex. 12.220.157.93 15:27, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Most of these stories were invented by Western TV for raising ratings. It's not necessary to treat them seriously. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.80.170.74 (talk) 13:29, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

I vaguely remember reading somewhere that Catherine kept a group of lovers, who she termed her "stallions", thereby perhaps causing the confusion. If a citation can be found, this could be added here? -- Pakaran 00:45, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

To my knowledge, the stallion rumor was created by Catherine's political enemies.

The words "not exemplary for the standards of the time" seem judgemental (POV) to me. The way I learned history, court standards for sexual freedom were liberal at that time. I only have a superficial understanding of the current historical consensus, and would appreciate the opinions of anyone who really knows that era. TRWBW 18:54, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

"and most propagators of it fail to realize (or consciously ignore) that she died at the age of 67." is not encyclopedic. In general, statements of the form "most people who think X, do/don't Y" are bad.icambron 19:48, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

I once saw an NG documentary were they showed the hidden rooms in one of her palaces, it was all erotic art, the paintings were about sex, the furniture was about sex... But they aren't available for public and a lot of it was destroyed in WWII and sold, now and then they find pieces of the furniture ...

This entire entry is copied almost word for word from this website, so it really needs a rewrite. 65.19.80.50 (talk) 22:02, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

If you try looking up other subjects on the NationMaster page you cite, you'll find numerous articles on numerous topics which are almost word-for-word copies of the corresponding Wikipedia article. I think it more likely that the copying is going in the other direction. Iglew (talk) 20:43, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Sometime before August 01, 2012 all references to the equine legend have been deleted. Why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.124.11.250 (talk) 21:57, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

David Cameron related #PigGate allegations scandal ?

Is there any evidence to suggest that there is a genetic disposition towards zoophilia? Unsubstantiated allegations involving her distant relative, Prime Minister Cameron and the head of a deceased pig indicate more research into the matter could indeed be justifiable, despite the Austerity budgets being responsible for the suicides of numerous disabled UK citizens. 79.74.105.60 (talk) 17:32, 21 September 2015 (UTC)twl79.74.105.60 (talk) 17:32, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

  How is this related to the subject of this article?
  2601:646:8C81:5270:E0DA:AFC4:F46D:A46 (talk) 04:11, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

Extraneous material

The following section was near the beginning of the article: "She traveled from Germany with her mother in January 1744. When they reached Russia, the Empress Elizabeth took a great liking to Sophie (Catherine), but her nephew, Peter (Catherine's husband), who was mentally and physically undeveloped, hated the country he was to reign over, and admired Frederick the Great of Prussia, who was a hero to him." This seems to have nothing to do with the subject of the article (urban legends about Catherine), in addition to being unsourced, though there's probably a source out there that would confirm. I've removed it as being off topic, unless someone else can make a connection to urban legends and add a source as well. TheBlinkster (talk) 23:37, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

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