Pegasus is a mythical winged divine stallion, and one of the most recognized creatures in Greek mythology. Usually depicted as pure white, Pegasus is a child of the Olympian god Poseidon. He was foaled by the Gorgon Medusa upon her death, when the hero Perseus decapitated her.
My most recent digital painting – On Drummond Island – Serena, an Arabian Horse.
As I was creating the painting of Serena, the image of mythical horses popped into my brain. Oh my, grab your sword and shield and jump on your unicorn or Pegasus and ride with me for just one nice legend:
With a distinctive head shape and high tail carriage, the Arabian is one of the most easily recognizable horse breeds in the world. It is also one of the oldest breeds, with archaeological evidence dating back 4,500 years.
“The Legend Of the Bloody Shouldered Mare” by Mariam Duncan
The Bloody Shoulder Arabian is a tale that has been past down for hundreds of years in the deserts of what is now the Arabian Peninsula. It is said a warrior saddled up his most prized Arabian mare that was with foal. During the act of battle, the mare gave birth to a strong healthy filly. Struggling to keep up with the mare and with the enemy quickly gaining on them, the warrior took his lance and pieced the foal through the shoulder. The mare understood the act and realized the foal would no longer be following her. Even though she was filled with grief, the loyal mare carried her warrior rider safely to his camp.
When the warrior awake from sleep, he noticed something astounding through the tent door– a day-old filly standing by the mare’s side. This was the same foal he had killed the day before. With no injuries, the foal carried just a patch of blood-stained hair across its shoulders. Believing the foal was a treasured gift from God, the warrior vowed to raise the foal and take special care of it. The foal’s blood-stained shoulder was never lost and she passed on these special markings to her offspring.
That is my story – Legend – and Oh my, I am sticking to it!
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