May Donis:Eleuthyian & Aresian Hellenic Pegasus

[Hawktalon]

Oh these are stunning!! Incredible detail and texture, plus a Greek mythology reference? Oof I wish I could goldmine on mobile, I need these

[Hawktalon]

(Accidental double post oops)

[feralkiwi]

oooh i love these! concept, art, descriptions- all lovely i think the three shard is my fave, but they're both magnificent

[Real]

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adults! The aresian one reminds me of a greek helmet; both are absolutely stunning!

Probably intentional tbh. Hellenic is another word for Greek, and often used in reference to ancient Greece.
I suspect the name 'Aresian' comes from Ares, the Greek god of war (esp since the description talks about them being symbols of war)
I don't know about the Eleuthyian ones tho and what they're referencing.

Can confirm that Aresian is for Ares. Had him in mind when I wrote the description. I'm a Huge fan of Greek mythology. Random thing, in my 'too-much-work-no-free-time' mind I somehow got stuck with the idea that the Aresian was supposed to be Roman-designed, so I first named it Marsian, since Mars is more or less the equivalent to Ares. Was so glad when Kestrad pointed out there's nothing Roman involved.

[Kestrad]

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adults! The aresian one reminds me of a greek helmet; both are absolutely stunning!

Probably intentional tbh. Hellenic is another word for Greek, and often used in reference to ancient Greece.
I suspect the name 'Aresian' comes from Ares, the Greek god of war (esp since the description talks about them being symbols of war)
I don't know about the Eleuthyian ones tho and what they're referencing.

Can confirm that Aresian is for Ares. Had him in mind when I wrote the description. I'm a Huge fan of Greek mythology. Random thing, in my 'too-much-work-no-free-time' mind I somehow got stuck with the idea that the Aresian was supposed to be Roman-designed, so I first named it Marsian, since Mars is more or less the equivalent to Ares. Was so glad when Kestrad pointed out there's nothing Roman involved.

I actually had to go back and check whether Mysfytt said she'd referenced Greek or Roman horses in her design because I'd gotten confused too

Eleuthyian is a reference to Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth and midwifery, though I mashed up two different spellings of her name (Eleuthia and Eileithyia). vividmirage was pretty close in their guess of Eleutheria/Artemis, because Eileithyia was closely associated with Artemis, and it looks like the two names may have the same root! It wasn't fully intentional, but after the fact I thought it was neat that it worked out the two namesake gods were full-blooded siblings despite representing opposing ideas.

[Merkwerkee]

I actually had to go back and check whether Mysfytt said she'd referenced Greek or Roman horses in her design because I'd gotten confused too

Eleuthyian is a reference to Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth and midwifery, though I mashed up two different spellings of her name (Eleuthia and Eileithyia). vividmirage was pretty close in their guess of Eleutheria/Artemis, because Eileithyia was closely associated with Artemis, and it looks like the two names may have the same root! It wasn't fully intentional, but after the fact I thought it was neat that it worked out the two namesake gods were full-blooded siblings despite representing opposing ideas.

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[BBkat]

I actually had to go back and check whether Mysfytt said she'd referenced Greek or Roman horses in her design because I'd gotten confused too

Eleuthyian is a reference to Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth and midwifery, though I mashed up two different spellings of her name (Eleuthia and Eileithyia). vividmirage was pretty close in their guess of Eleutheria/Artemis, because Eileithyia was closely associated with Artemis, and it looks like the two names may have the same root! It wasn't fully intentional, but after the fact I thought it was neat that it worked out the two namesake gods were full-blooded siblings despite representing opposing ideas.

OH so it was HER. After seeing the war connection for one I wondered if the other was opposite and was connected to peace or life somehow. I googled 'Eleuthyian greek' and it was like 'did you mean Eileithyia greek'. But silly me went 'goddess of childbirth? nah that's probably not it'

[Danafox]

thanks for the sprites - fully updated.

These are pretty bad ass pegasai Very stunning and well done!

[Merkwerkee]

On the one hand, I really should save eggslots for Magiversary

On the other hand, drafter pegasi

[Kestrad]

thanks for the sprites - fully updated.

These are pretty bad ass pegasai Very stunning and well done!

Just to clarify, Real wrote the Aresian descriptions, I wrote the Eleuthyian, but the first page doesn't credit Real right now.