Also called Pegasos.
Their story
Pegasus sprang from the neck of Medusa when Perseus beheaded her, near the springs of Oceanus. Bellerophon tamed him with a golden bridle given by Athena and rode him to kill the Chimera. When Bellerophon tried to fly to Olympus, he fell, and Pegasus went on to carry the thunderbolts of Zeus. His hoof struck the spring of Hippocrene on Helicon, sacred to the Muses.
Best times to give to them
- Before creative work
- At springs
- When the constellation Pegasus is high in autumn
What they like being given
- Fresh spring water
- Oats or apples given to a real horse
- A poem
How to honour them
- Visit a spring and give thanks for inspiration.
- Reflect on Bellerophon's fall: inspiration does not make us gods.
How they can help you
- Creative inspiration
- Freedom
- Humility after success
Symbols
- wings
- golden bridle
- spring
- constellation
Sources
- Hesiod, Theogony 280-286, 325
- Pindar, Olympian 13.63-92
- Pausanias, Description of Greece 9.31.3