Pegasus

is one of the best known mythological creatures in Greek mythology  . He is a winged divine horse, or pterippus, sually depicted as white in colour.  in his role as horse-god, ^] He was the brother of Chrysaor, born at a single birthing when his mother was decapitated by Perseus. Greco-Roman poets write about his ascent to heaven after his birth and his obeisance to Zeus, king of the gods, who instructed him to bring lightning and thunder from Olympus.