Realms of Fantasy and Myth: Week 31 - Pegasus

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Published: Jun 23, 2010

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Realms of Fantasy and Myth: Week 31 - Pegasus

Welcome to the thirty-first issue of my weekly news article! I hope you enjoy it, and please, show the featured artists some love and recognition through pageviews,

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This week's creature feature is: Pegasus

From Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_… :

In Greek mythology, Pegasus was a winged horse sired by Poseidon, in his role as horse-god, and foaled by the Gorgon Medusa. By extension, the term Pegasus can also refer to any winged horse.
While the Pegasus of myth is typically depicted as a winged horse, the pegasi of Dungeons & Dragons have other avian features as well. Their lower legs are feathered instead of furred, and their manes and tails are also of feathers. They also lay eggs, like a bird, instead of giving birth to live young. They mature at the same rate as a horse, however, and have similar habits.
Pegasi are highly prized for their value as aerial steeds, but being wild and shy magical creatures, they are not easily tamed. The most common way they are trained as these steeds is from their eggs being stolen and the creatures being raised from birth. Sometimes a grown pegasus may be tamed provided that the creature has a friendly attitude to the tamer. Riding one requires six weeks of training, and an exotic saddle, but they make worthy steeds indeed. Being goodly creatures, they will only serve good or neutral riders with an absolute faithfulness for life.
The winged horse that has provided an instantly recognizable corporate logo or emblem of inspiration, has found many uses in market-driven popular culture.

Now, for the features! Works are featured from various categories, in no particular order:

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Prize: Nyxen's Pegasus Lines by WSTopDeck

Pegasus on a pumpkin flash by xplodvelt74

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Rohirrim Cartilage Earring by merigreenleaf

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Did you get featured and want to pay it forward? Do you know of an artist with amazing fantasy art? Are YOU one?
Just leave a comment on this article with a link to your favorite deviation or deviant, and I'll pick out the ones that really stand out to me to feature on the appropriate week!
Also, do you have a favorite fantasy creature that I haven't covered yet? Leave a comment suggesting which ones you would like to see!

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Thank you so much for viewing, and come back next week for a different inhabitant of the Realms of Fantasy and Myth!

~Arah

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CaperGirl42

May 26, 2012

Thank you so much for the Lovely feature and such a beautiful collection of artwork!

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