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Mythos:
Winged Horses are known to many mythologies across Eurasia, such as the Tianma, Chollima, Tulpar, Pterippus. The most familiar name for these creatures however, is Pegasus, which is actually the proper name of an Ancient Hellene Pterippus. The beautiful Medusa was cursed into a Gorgon by the gods, as punishment for her hubris and blasphemy, but when she was finally slain by the hero Theseus, her blood was cleansed by the earth, and her lost beauty sprang back to life in the form of Pegasus and Chrysaor, a winged horse and winged boar. Pegasus had an eventful career as messenger of Olympus, transporter of Zeus' thunderbolts, slayer of Chimera, rescuer of Andromeda, and created many springs throughout Hellena. But Pegasus was not immortal, and at the end of its life, Zeus honored its service to Olympus by turning the winged horse into a constellation.
Alt Names: Winged Horse, Flying Horse, Sky Steed, Thunderhoof, Pterippus, Tianma, Chollima, Tulpar, Lungta, Khiimori, Rüzgar Tayi, Skinfaxi, Hrimfaxi
Winged Horses are known to many mythologies across Eurasia, such as the Tianma, Chollima, Tulpar, Pterippus. The most familiar name for these creatures however, is Pegasus, which is actually the proper name of an Ancient Hellene Pterippus. The beautiful Medusa was cursed into a Gorgon by the gods, as punishment for her hubris and blasphemy, but when she was finally slain by the hero Theseus, her blood was cleansed by the earth, and her lost beauty sprang back to life in the form of Pegasus and Chrysaor, a winged horse and winged boar. Pegasus had an eventful career as messenger of Olympus, transporter of Zeus' thunderbolts, slayer of Chimera, rescuer of Andromeda, and created many springs throughout Hellena. But Pegasus was not immortal, and at the end of its life, Zeus honored its service to Olympus by turning the winged horse into a constellation.
Alt Names: Winged Horse, Flying Horse, Sky Steed, Thunderhoof, Pterippus, Tianma, Chollima, Tulpar, Lungta, Khiimori, Rüzgar Tayi, Skinfaxi, Hrimfaxi
Insight:
I was tempted to call them Pterippus or Tianma instead of Pegasus, because Pegasus was a specific creature, not a race of creatures. Ultimately, sales are the most important thing, and I worried that nobody would want to buy something called a Pterippus, regardless of how super cute they are. But ultimately, naming all winged horses after a specific winged horse isn't exactly linguistically incorrect, it would be like calling any artist a "Picasso". I'd rather be called a "Frazetta", but I would understand what you meant. I was surprised by how many winged horses there are in out in Asia, it would be cool to cast a Tianma race in Wuxia settings or Tulpars as a Mongol-like raiders. There are winged horses in Norse Mythology, but I couldn't find any specific name for them, or even an Old Norse translation of "winged horse". Skinfaxi and Hrimfaxi are the horses that pull the carriages for Day and Night, their names mean Shining Mane and Frost Mane. I figure if we can name winged horses after a specific Greek one, you could name them after one of the Norse ones too. A possible Old Norse term for "winged horse" is Vaenghross, which sounds awesome, but I doubt that it makes sense grammatically. Go ask Jackson Crawford.
I was tempted to call them Pterippus or Tianma instead of Pegasus, because Pegasus was a specific creature, not a race of creatures. Ultimately, sales are the most important thing, and I worried that nobody would want to buy something called a Pterippus, regardless of how super cute they are. But ultimately, naming all winged horses after a specific winged horse isn't exactly linguistically incorrect, it would be like calling any artist a "Picasso". I'd rather be called a "Frazetta", but I would understand what you meant. I was surprised by how many winged horses there are in out in Asia, it would be cool to cast a Tianma race in Wuxia settings or Tulpars as a Mongol-like raiders. There are winged horses in Norse Mythology, but I couldn't find any specific name for them, or even an Old Norse translation of "winged horse". Skinfaxi and Hrimfaxi are the horses that pull the carriages for Day and Night, their names mean Shining Mane and Frost Mane. I figure if we can name winged horses after a specific Greek one, you could name them after one of the Norse ones too. A possible Old Norse term for "winged horse" is Vaenghross, which sounds awesome, but I doubt that it makes sense grammatically. Go ask Jackson Crawford.