According to The Websters Dictionary, the Unicorn is a legendary animal
generally depicted as having the head and body of a horse and a long, spiral,
tapering horn growing from the middle of its forehead. It is symbolic of
holiness and chastity, being pure white in color with a golden horn. During
the Middle Ages, artists often placed a unicorn beside figures of Christ,
the Virgin Mary, or virgin saints, as an emblem of purity. The word unicorn
appeared in early Bibles, but is now translated as wild ox.
The unicorn is often used in the design on a coat of arms. Notice here
that the legs are those of an antelope, the tail as a lion's tail and
the beard of a goat.
Pegasus was a winged horse in Greek mythology. Perseus, a son of Zeus, cut off the head of the Gordon Medusa, and Pegasus sprang from her neck, born of the trickling blood. The horse flew up to join the Gods, and was caught by Athena, who tamed him with a golden bridle. Athena gave this bridle to Bellerophon before he went to fight the Chimaera. Bellerophon also caught and tamed Peagsus with it and rode the winged horse to conquer the Chimaera and Amazons. But Bellerophon was overcome by his own pride and as he attempted to fly to the top of Olympus to join the Gods, Pegasus threw him and flew into the sky. Then Zeus made him into a constellation. Later, Pegasus found shelter in the Olympian stalls and was entrusted by Zeus to bring him his lightning and thunderbolts.
Pegasus, the winged horse, comes to the fountain at Pirene where Bellerophon awaits him with a golden bridle.
The Pegasus is a constellation of the Northern Celestial Hemisphere, found well up in the evening sky of Autumn. A large square called the great square of Pegasus marks it in the sky. A line drawn down the east side of the square and extended an equal distance south indicates the point where the sun stands on March 21st, the first day of Spring.
Another legend about Pegasus is that the Muses were holding a contest of song. The music charmed the streams and made Mount Helicon grow toward the heavens. The God Posidon ordered Pegasus to make it stop growing by striking it with his hoof. Pegasus did this and the fountain Hippocrene sprang forth. It's waters inspired people to write poetry. Two other fountains of inspiration were also made by the hoof of Pegasus. These were Aganippe and Pirene. In this way Pegasus is connected with poetry. A poet is said to mount his Pegasus when he begins to write.
