Parents: Poseidon and Medusa

Birth: Pegasus sprang from the neck of the Gorgon Medusa when the hero Perseus cut off her head. Born from monster's blood and sea foam, the winged horse flew immediately to Mount Olympus, where he eventually became the carrier of Zeus's thunderbolts.

Story: Pegasus was the legendary winged horse of Greek mythology. After his birth from Medusa, Pegasus flew to Mount Olympus and was taken in by the gods. He was later tamed by the hero Bellerophon, who used a golden bridle given by Athena to ride him. Together they defeated the Chimera and won many battles, but when Bellerophon tried to ride Pegasus to Olympus out of pride, Zeus separated them. Pegasus continued to serve the gods, carrying Zeus's thunderbolts across the sky, and was eventually placed among the stars as a constellation.

Life on Olympus: After Bellerophon's fall, Pegasus flew to Mount Olympus where Zeus welcomed him. The king of the gods gave Pegasus the honored task of carrying his thunderbolts across the sky. Pegasus lived among the gods, stabled in the golden stalls of Olympus. He was loved by the Muses, and wherever he struck his hoof upon the earth, a spring of water would burst forth. The most famous of these was the Hippocrene spring on Mount Helicon, whose waters were said to bring poetic inspiration to anyone who drank from them. At the end of his days, Zeus placed Pegasus among the stars as a constellation, where he gallops across the night sky for all eternity.

Symbol: Wings, thunderbolt.

Represents: Poetic inspiration, freedom, and the power of the divine.