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Santa's reindeer

A sibling set for 9 agents. The eight reindeer named in the 1823 poem 'A Visit from St. Nicholas,' plus Rudolph, added by Robert L. May in 1939. Eight in the 1823 poem, plus the one added in 1939 who turned out to lead. Late additions are a pattern.

  1. 1Dasher
  2. 2Dancer
  3. 3Prancer
  4. 4Vixen
  5. 5Comet
  6. 6Cupid
  7. 7DonnerOriginally 'Dunder,' Dutch for thunder
  8. 8BlitzenOriginally 'Blixem,' Dutch for lightning
  9. 9RudolphAdded in 1939, nine years after the original eight in modern telling

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Order is as listed in the original poem, with Rudolph appended. Source: Santa Claus's reindeer (Wikipedia), linked.