Post by ~Ᏸαў ~ on Aug 21, 2010 16:24:37 GMT -5
The Pegasus
Info;
Etymology
The poet Hesiod connects the name Pegasus with the word for "spring, well", pçgç: "the pegai of Okeanos, where he was born;"[2] however, the name has an aural parallel with a word in the Luwian language pihassas, meaning "lightning", and Pihassassi, a local Luwian-Hittite name in southern Cilicia of a weather god represented with thunder and lightning.[3] Robin Lane Fox observes "a storm god is not the origin of a horse. However, he had a like-sounding name, and Greek visitors to Cilicia may have connected their existing Pegasus with Zeus's lightning after hearing about this "Pihassassi" and his functions and assuming, wrongly, he was their own Pegasus in a foreign land."[4] Fox suggests that the connection does explain Pegasus' role, reported as early as Hesiod, as bringer of thunderbolts to Zeus, otherwise inexplicable.
Pegasus and springs
According to legend, everywhere the winged horse struck his hoof to the earth, an inspiring spring burst forth. One of these springs was upon the Muses' Mount Helicon, the Hippocrene ("horse spring"),[5] opened, Antoninus Liberalis suggested,[6] at the behest of Poseidon to prevent the mountain swelling with rapture at the song of the Muses; another was at Troezen.[7] Hesiod relates how Pegasus was peacefully drinking from a spring when the hero Bellerophon captured him. Hesiod also says Pegasus carried thunderbolts for Zeus.
Birth
There are several versions of the birth of the winged stallion and his brother Chrysaor in the far distant place at the edge of Earth, Hesiod's "springs of Oceanus, which encircles the inhabited earth, where Perseus found Medusa:
One is that they sprang from the blood issuing from Medusa's neck as Perseus was beheading her,[8] similar to the manner in which Athena was born from the head of Zeus. In another version, when Perseus beheaded Medusa, they were born of the Earth, fed by the Gorgon's blood. A variation of this story holds that they were formed from the mingling of Medusa's blood and sea foam, implying that Poseidon had involvement in their making. The last version bears resemblance to the birth of Aphrodite.
Well, this may be true, it may be not. If you get down to it, the pegasus is a...
`Winged horse that can have the wings of a bird,butterfly,bat or insect
`Many different coat colors, mainly white and black, for other colors are rare (only natural colors)
`Live 50- 80 years (if they drank from the prophets spring though, they are immortal)
About the winged horse;
`Typically the pegasus' wings start between the shoulder blades of the equine. The MUST be long enough to hold the horses weight in the air (so if the horse is 15.2, the wings must be at least 15 feet)
` The pegasus cannot fly until 1 year of age. At 1 year, they have limited flight, full use of wings is gained at the age of 3.
`If they are birds wings, the must be a species of bird wing (I.e hawk, owl, eagle) most common is hawk or raven.
`They have hollow bones. be aware of this in battle
' Do NOT have cloven hooves.
Info;
Etymology
The poet Hesiod connects the name Pegasus with the word for "spring, well", pçgç: "the pegai of Okeanos, where he was born;"[2] however, the name has an aural parallel with a word in the Luwian language pihassas, meaning "lightning", and Pihassassi, a local Luwian-Hittite name in southern Cilicia of a weather god represented with thunder and lightning.[3] Robin Lane Fox observes "a storm god is not the origin of a horse. However, he had a like-sounding name, and Greek visitors to Cilicia may have connected their existing Pegasus with Zeus's lightning after hearing about this "Pihassassi" and his functions and assuming, wrongly, he was their own Pegasus in a foreign land."[4] Fox suggests that the connection does explain Pegasus' role, reported as early as Hesiod, as bringer of thunderbolts to Zeus, otherwise inexplicable.
Pegasus and springs
According to legend, everywhere the winged horse struck his hoof to the earth, an inspiring spring burst forth. One of these springs was upon the Muses' Mount Helicon, the Hippocrene ("horse spring"),[5] opened, Antoninus Liberalis suggested,[6] at the behest of Poseidon to prevent the mountain swelling with rapture at the song of the Muses; another was at Troezen.[7] Hesiod relates how Pegasus was peacefully drinking from a spring when the hero Bellerophon captured him. Hesiod also says Pegasus carried thunderbolts for Zeus.
Birth
There are several versions of the birth of the winged stallion and his brother Chrysaor in the far distant place at the edge of Earth, Hesiod's "springs of Oceanus, which encircles the inhabited earth, where Perseus found Medusa:
One is that they sprang from the blood issuing from Medusa's neck as Perseus was beheading her,[8] similar to the manner in which Athena was born from the head of Zeus. In another version, when Perseus beheaded Medusa, they were born of the Earth, fed by the Gorgon's blood. A variation of this story holds that they were formed from the mingling of Medusa's blood and sea foam, implying that Poseidon had involvement in their making. The last version bears resemblance to the birth of Aphrodite.
Well, this may be true, it may be not. If you get down to it, the pegasus is a...
`Winged horse that can have the wings of a bird,butterfly,bat or insect
`Many different coat colors, mainly white and black, for other colors are rare (only natural colors)
`Live 50- 80 years (if they drank from the prophets spring though, they are immortal)
About the winged horse;
`Typically the pegasus' wings start between the shoulder blades of the equine. The MUST be long enough to hold the horses weight in the air (so if the horse is 15.2, the wings must be at least 15 feet)
` The pegasus cannot fly until 1 year of age. At 1 year, they have limited flight, full use of wings is gained at the age of 3.
`If they are birds wings, the must be a species of bird wing (I.e hawk, owl, eagle) most common is hawk or raven.
`They have hollow bones. be aware of this in battle
' Do NOT have cloven hooves.
