Meaning of Pegasus, the Winged Horse

8 February 2015

By Mark Farquharson

Biblical Meaning:

Email from Stephen:

"Biblically speaking, it represents Christ. Pega-sus is the "Chief Horse." The Hebrew word for "horse" is SUS. This is also the basis of the name JeSUS, or Yah-sus, "Yah's Horse."

The horse is a biblical symbol of salvation. Fleshly horses were not to be relied upon to "save the day." We are to rely on Yah's Horse, Jesus, whose Hebrew name (Yeshua) means "salvation." Dr Stephen Jones

Jesus rides a white horse in Revelation 19:11 and in Revelation 19:14 the armies of heaven follow him on white horses. Most view this as still to come, but some view it as having already occurred. A third view point is that parts of the book of Revelation have a duel fulfillment, they can refer to more than one time. A view which I do not support is that Revelation is all spiritual and has no actual fulfillment. I will not be getting into a discussion on this in this Journal entry.

Mythology

Greek mythology, the winged horse Pegasus is born when Medusa is decapitated by Perseus. Bellerophon a hero in Greek mythology is sometimes depicted riding Pegasus or taming Pegasus.

Mentioned in Medieval bestiaries is the Ethiopian Pegasus, that was a winged horse that had one or two horns. The Ethiopian Pegasus was not just a single winged horse, there was a herd of Ethiopian Pegasus. Bestiaries contained information on real animals and imaginary animals.

Pegasus can also refer to the Pegasus constellation.

However the name Pegasus has been used for any mythical winged horse, or winged horse in fantasy literature, or in computer games.

A winged horse with a horn or horns can also be known as a Pegacorn, the name come from the combination of Pegasus and Unicorn. However a winged horse with a horn or horns may just be called a Pegasus. A horn horse with no wings maybe called a Unicorn.

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