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= //Pegasus// (Pêgasos)  = By: Lauren Harrold

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**Description and Importance:**
Pegasus is a flying, white horse with feathered wings. The main, important role of Pegasus is to carry and bring the thunder and lightning to Zeus. Pegasus lived on Mt. Olympus where he worked for Zeus and for the goddess, Eos. He is also known as the "Heavenly Horse" or "The Thundering Horse of Jove" and has a constellation named after him. Zeus wanted to honor the horse for his service, so he made a constellation for Pegasus in the northern skies. Pegasus also helped to defeat Chimera and created the fountain on Mt. Helicon called Hippocrene.

**Origin:**
The name “Pegasus” comes from the Greek word [|//Πηγασος//] //(Pegasos)//. It is possibly either from “pegos” ([|//πηγος//]) //meaning// "strong" or “pegaios” ([|//πηγαιος//]) meaning "from a water spring". Pegasus comes from Greek mythology and is mentioned several times in myths about the gods. There are many theories of how Pegasus came about, but there are two very common myths. One says that he was created from the blood of Medusa’s head that was chopped off by Perseus when Poseidon tried to sleep with her. Another common myth of how Pegasus was created states that Medusa and Poseidon were his parents and the giant, Chyrsaor, was his brother.

@http://letstalktarot.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/the-three-of-scepters/

**Appearance:**
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 * Pegasus is often described as a white stallion with wings.
 * His wings are sometimes depicted as gold.
 * Pegasus is a very large horse.

Mythological Stories:
__Bellerophon and Pegasus __ When Pegasus was born, he was tamed by Bellerophon. Trying to defeat the fire-breathing creature, Chimera, this Korinthian hero used Pegasus to his advantage in a fiery battle. He tried firing arrows, but every time, the Chimera would just melt them with his fire breath. He finally defeated his enemy after attaching a piece of lead to one of the arrows he threw. The lead finally melted inside the Chimera, killing it. After the battle, Bellerophon became very arrogant and tried to ride Pegasus up to the heavens. He was thrown off, plummeting down to earth, when the gods were angry with his arrogance and caused the horse to buck him off. Pegasus kept flying until he finally reached the heavens and was adopted by Zeus. Zeus then used Pegasus as the bearer of his lightening and thunder honoring him with a constellation.



@http://my.execpc.com/60/B3/culp/astronomy/Fall/Perseus.html @http://www.thecbg.org/wiki/index.php/Chimera

Modern References:

 * There are many businesses and companies today that use logos featuring a Pegasus.

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 * Disney movies //Fantasia// and //Hercules// feature a Pegasus.

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 * Pegasus is featured in the movie //Clash of the Titans.//

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