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17" Mythical Winged Horse Pegasus Sculpture
$175.72
$99.99
Size: 17" x 12" x 4"
ID:
SC0068
Materials:
Suar Wood
Descriptions:
This is one of the most exquisitely hand-carved Winged Horse wooden statue. It's carved to depict the magnificent Pegasus. This masterpiece is carved entirely from a single block of wood to maintain the sculpture's integrity and quality.
In Greek mythology, Pegasus was a winged horse that was the son of Poseidon, in his role as horse-god, and the Gorgon Medusa.
Descriptions vary as to the winged stallion's birth and his brother the giant, Chrysaor. Some say that they sprang from Medusa's neck as Perseus beheaded her, a "higher" birth, like the birth of Athena from the head of Zeus. Others says that they were born of the earth as Medusa's blood spilled onto it, in which case Poseidon would not be their sire. Minerva caught and tamed Pegasus, and presented him to the Muses.
Pegasus aided the hero Bellerophon, who is a double in some way for Perseus, in his fight against both the Chimera and the Amazons. There are varying tales as to how Bellerophon found Pegasus, some say that the hero found him drinking at the Pierian spring and that Polyidus told Bellerophon how to find and tame him, others that either Athena or Poseidon brought him to Bellerophon.
Prior to aiding Bellerophon, Pegasus brought thunderbolts to Zeus, and following Bellerophon's death he returned to Mount Olympus to aid the gods. In his later life, Pegasus took a wife, Euippe (or Ocyrrhoe) This family is the origin of the winged horses.
Pegasus was eventually turned into a constellation, but a single feather fell to the earth near the city of Tarsus (hence its name).
This sculpture looks great on a shelf, desk, dresser, or coffee table. You will love the quality of the carvings as well as the remarkably shiny smooth polished stains to reduce chances of cracking.
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