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By the way, there were Pegasi in ancient Greece. Originally, Pegasi were descended from Dorian invaders of the Bronze Age collapse and comprised the aristocracy of Greek city-states. They were present in Magna Graecia (southern Italy) as well, and mercenaries from Tarentum were hired throughout the Mediterranean.
In modern Greece, Pegasi are a mixture of descendants of Dorians, Macedonians, Bulgars, and Ottoman Turks.
>>379174
By the way, there were Pegasi in ancient Greece. Originally, Pegasi were descended from Dorian invaders of the Bronze Age collapse and comprised the aristocracy of Greek city-states. They were present in Magna Graecia (southern Italy) as well, and mercenaries from Tarentum were hired throughout the Mediterranean.
In modern Greece, Pegasi are a mixture of descendants of Dorians, Macedonians, Bulgars, and Ottoman Turks.
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Only ones to do so. They were also the only ones to have successfully conquered ALL of China. Europeans and Japanese powers only managed to conquer the coasts, not the interior.
Mongols attack Russia from the rear. Russia was still a pretty young and weak nation back then. Despite controlling a ton of land, a sleeping giant.
The Carolus Rex of Sweden, Napoleon, and Hitler all tried. But failed miserably. Is Russia cursed?
Except unlike the Germans, the Mongols actually succeeded in conquering Russia.
I cannot un-imagine the Mongolian Pegasi stirring up storms all over the old world when they invade places.
Their cavalry tactics and surprise attacks bear striking resemblance to the German Blitzkrieg of WW2.
“Tianma is also associated with the Han dynasty emperor Wudi, an aficionado of the Central Asian horse.”
Reminds of the Yuezhi and the Xiongnu.
Known as Tianma in China. And Chollima in Korea.
Outdated Soviet equipment that still works. Better than not being armed.
They’re the only nation with halfway competent soldiers in a sea of militaries that have no idea what on Earth they’re doing and are equipped with out-dated Soviet equipment. They’re really not that great.
Just saying.
The Chinese civilization first started in the Yellow River valley, and as it expanded, the Chinese encountered foreign “barbarians” on its outer fringes. At the northern and western outskirts of Chinese civilization, there were barbarian Pegasi like the Yuezhi, Xiongnu, Khitans, and Jurchens.
Even as rulers, barbarians would have been Sinicized in a relatively short period of time due to the sheer population of the Han Chinese. In fact, by the beginning of Temujin’s campaign, the northern Jin Dynasty was ruled by Pegasi of Jurchen descent.
Today, Pegasi are seen in China more as a regional characteristic as opposed to an ethnic one, prevailing in the northern portion of Han country. Non-Han Pegasi in mainland China are mainly Uyghurs, Mongols, and Manchus.
I’ll address griffins in a future installment, but as to first question, sure. They’re probably be in the same places as where you would find Pegasi, just as how donkeys can be found in the same places as where Terrans live.
As for the second question, I don’t think divine beings like the Windigos would care for something as petty as taking sides in mortal affairs. They may only intervene if the mortals overstep their bounds, just as how we would be pissed if ants suddenly infest our picnic food.
It’s more a combination of decisive action and good luck that Stalin would have been able to take advantage of a particularly brutal winter season.
I’d imagine that in the FiM world, Griffins would be as Tengu to the Neighponese. The mountainous terrains and the chain of islands would be the type geography suited for those with flight.
Do you think Windigoes helped the Russians win WW2?
There are indeed Pegasi in Japan, and they constituted much of the military elite for centuries. They first arrived in Japan in the 3rd century BC as part of a biracial (Pegasus/Terran) migration that established the Iron Age Yayoi culture, displacing the preceding all-Terran Jōmon culture.
However, unlike the vast steppes of, say, Kazakhstan, the small, mountainous, and densely-populated Japanese islands are no place for a nomadic pastoral lifestyle. Just like those in Western Europe, Japanese Pegasi would have intermarried and assimilated into Terran society while retaining their aristocratic titles. In fact, Terrans would have already constituted at least half the samurai population by the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
You mean like this?
Antlers, wings, and even ox horns were used as ornaments by the steppe peoples.