The legend of Pegasus. Greek mythology for children

If you look at the sky during the autumn nights you will see a curious formation of square shaped stars and two front legs, it is Pegasus , the most beautiful winged horse you have ever seen. The Greek were great storytellers. The legend of Pegasus is one of the most beautiful to explain his constel

If you look at the sky during the autumn nights you will see a curious formation of square shaped stars and two front legs, it is Pegasus, the most beautiful winged horse you have ever seen.

The Greek were great storytellers. The legend of Pegasus is one of the most beautiful to explain hisconstellation in heaven. In Guiainfantil.com we tell you the legend of Pegasus, a beautiful story about Greek mythology for children.

The legend of Pegasus, the winged horse

Pegasus was

the only winged horse that existed on the face of the Earth. It was soft as velvet and white as the foam of the sea. He lived free and wild grazing on a green hill and no mortal had ever been able to tame him.

One fine day, a brave warrior named

Belorofonte , who had never been defeated on the battlefield, wanted to tame him to stay with him. But Pegaso's fierceness made him not even get close. Belorophon wanted so much that the goddess Athena wanted to give her a gift in return for all the battles she had won. "Take these gold bridles," he said, "with them you can ride on Pegasus. Before Belofonte could thank him for such kindness, Athena disappeared.Belorofonte, after placing the bridles, could climb the rump of Pegasus without problem. Since then, the two lived many adventures and won many fights together.

However, Beloronfonte's ego was growing little by little. His horse, unique in the world, and his invincibility on the battlefield, made him a proud being that even came to be compared to a god.

So, if he was a god, he thought, he should be immortal like them. And without thinking twice, he decided to ascend through the sky with his horse Pegasus until he reached the place where the king of the gods Zeus was to ask him for immortality. When Zeus learned of his intentions he decided to punish so much daring, so sent a mosquito

to bite Pegasus. The mosquito, very obedient, gave him a good peck in the tail. Pegasus got so scared that he became unbalanced in the flight and precipitated Belorofonte into the void. Beloronfonte fell to Earth from very high, but he did not kill himself.

He was badly hurt and never again could he be a good warrior.

Pegasus, not realizing that Belorofonte had fallen, kept riding until he reached where Zeus was. The god, when he saw him, found him so magnificent that he decided to offer to stay in heaven with him, and carry his rays on stormy nights. So every autumn night, you can see him over the horizon, very close to theConstellation of Princess Andromeda

.