" Most people know who Pegasus is, for instance, but few realize that he was born from the blood of snake-headed Medusa immediately after she was slain by Perseus. The luminous winged stallion of the Greeks emerged from the life force of womanly wisdom in its darkest, most disturbing aspect, "

― Linda Kohanov , The Tao of Equus: A Woman's Journey of Healing and Transformation Through the Way of the Horse