Ethiopian pegasus

Short description: Legendary creature from Medieval bestiaries

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Ethiopian Pegasus, Der Naturen Bloeme manuscript (c. 1350), National Library of the Netherlands

An Ethiopian pegasus is an animal from medieval bestiaries. According to Pliny the Elder,[1] they were a breed of two-horned, winged horses from Ethiopia. They reportedly lived on an island in the Red Sea off the coast of Eritrea.[2]

## Trivia

In antiquity and the Middle Ages, authors used "Aithiopia"/“Ethiopia” broadly, often meaning areas south of Egypt where people had darker skin then the Greeks.[3]

## See also

* Pegasus
* Winged Unicorn

## References

1. ↑ "Ethiopian Pegasi". Theoi Greek Mythology. http://www.theoi.com/Thaumasios/PegasoiAithiopikoi.html. Retrieved December 28, 2008.
2. ↑ "Ethiopian Pegasus". https://www.africanamerica.org/topic/ethiopian-pegasus.
3. ↑ "1. Early Greek Contact with Africa". https://chs.harvard.edu/chapter/1-early-greek-contact-with-africa/.

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