lørdag den 30. oktober 2010

Pegasus

It’s time for another mythological creature, this time from Greek mythology!

The Pegasus is as most of you know a winged horse. It has appeared in several movies and videogames and is one of the most popular mythological creatures. In popular fiction there are often several of the creatures, but according to the legend of this magnificent beast there is actually only one.

The mother of Pegasus was the gorgon Medusa and the father was Poseidon who besides being ruler of the seas also is the horse god. The birth of this winged horse wasn’t a normal one though. *spoiler alert* It was born from Medusas blood when Perseus decapitated her. Now that would have been nice to see in the new movie version of Clash of the Titans, huh???

24 kommentarer:

  1. mythology is such an interesting thing! check out the mayan mythology, there alot of cool stuff, aswell.

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  2. Greek mythology...cool stuff...But I'm not gonna lie, I hated this class in school.

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  3. how could something so cool come out of something so awful

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  4. I've always been fascinated by the Pegasus

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  5. Nice :) Pegasus is not one of my favourite mythological creatures from the Greek Mythology though :P

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  6. I'm not so sure this qualifies as a monster, but I like it nonetheless. xD

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  7. Greek mythology has always been interesting to me. Good read. Unicorns next! haha

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  8. I totally agree! I have a tattoo of a pegasus on my arm, world war II paratrooper patch

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  9. sadly they water down everything disney related even if it is meant for adult audiences

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  10. i love pegasus beautiful creature

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  11. Man, those Greek Myths are almost as fucked up as the Norse ones.

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  12. I love Greek mythology, Pegasus is awesome too.

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  13. Time for me to watch herkules just to see this =)
    Great blog! +follow

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  14. I love mythology :)
    RELEASE THE KRAKEN!

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  15. Cool monster thing. Its no leprechaun though

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  16. love it haha, always thought they were awesome

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  17. mythology is such an interesting thing!
    great read

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  18. i remember pegasus from that one gladiator cartoon

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  19. Love this blog haha ^^ And the ancient greeks :D

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