Pegasus
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Summary
Pegasus is a winged horse[1]. Pegasus draws 16,004 Wikipedia views per month (winged horse category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]
Key Facts
- Father: Poseidon[3]
- Mother: Medusa[4]
- Sex or gender: male organism[5]
- Instance of: mythological horse[6]
- Part of: Greek mythology[7]
- Commons category: Pegasus[8]
- Color: white[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Pegasus[10]
- Commons gallery: Pegasus[11]
- Work location: Ancient Greece[12]
- Worshipped by: Greek mythology[13]
- Depicted by: Pegasos (sculpture), Corinth[14], Allegory of the wall decoration[15], Perseus and Pegasus[16], Relief of Gorgon running[17]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[18], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[21], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[23], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[24], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[25]
- Name in native language: Πήγασος[26]
- Different from: Tulpar[27], Ethiopian pegasus[28], winged horse[29]
- Significant person: Bellerophon[30]
- Derivative work: pegasus[31]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[32]
Body
Influence
Things named for Pegasus include Pegasus[33], a spyware[34]; ASUS[35], a business[36], in Taiwan[37], founded in 1989[38], headquartered in Taipei[39]; Pegasus Bridge[40], a rolling lift bridge[41], in France[42], founded in 1934[43]; Pegaso[44], an automobile manufacturer[45], in Spain[46], founded in 1946[47], headquartered in La Sagrera[48]; Pigasus[49], an individual animal[50]; Pigasus Award[51], an award[52], founded in 1982[53]; Berezina-class auxiliary ship[54]; and NEE-01 Pegaso[55].
Why It Matters
Pegasus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Pegasus is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]
Entities named for Pegasus include Pegasus[33], a spyware[34]; ASUS[35], a business[36], in Taiwan[37], founded in 1989[38], headquartered in Taipei[39]; Pegasus Bridge[40], a rolling lift bridge[41], in France[42], founded in 1934[43]; Pegaso[44], an automobile manufacturer[45], in Spain[46], founded in 1946[47], headquartered in La Sagrera[48]; Pigasus[49], an individual animal[50]; and Pigasus Award[51], an award[52], founded in 1982[53].
FAQs
Who were Pegasus's parents?
Pegasus's father was Poseidon[3]. Pegasus's mother was Medusa[4].