Pegasus
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A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the body of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. Bellerophon rode Pegasus when he defeated the Chimaera.
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See also
- Arion (mythology)
- Buraq
- Chollima
- Flying horses
- Luno The White Stallion
- Pegasides
- Sleipnir
- Tulpar
- Unicorn
- White horse (mythology)
- Wind horse
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