Sometimes the Muses are referred to as water nymphs, associated with the springs of Helicon and with Pieris. It was said that the winged horse Pegasus touched his hooves to the ground on Helicon, causing four sacred springs to burst forth, from which the Muses, also known as pegasides, were born.Ovid, Heroides 15.27: "the daughters of Pegasus" in the English translation; Propertius, Poems 3.1.19: "Pegasid Muses" in the English translation. Athena later tamed the horse and presented him to the Muses (compare the Roman inspiring nymphs of springs, the Camenae, the Völva of Norse Mythology and also the apsaras in the mythology of classical India).
Sometimes the Muses are referred to as water nymphs associated with the springs of Helicon and with Pieris It was said that the winged horse Pegasus touched his hooves to the ground on Helicon causing four sacred springs to burst forth from which the Muses also known as pegasides were bornOvid Heroides 1527 "the daughters of Pegasus" in the English translation; Propertius Poems 3119 "Pegasid Muses" in the English translation Athena later tamed the horse and presented him to the Muses (compare the Roman inspiring nymphs of springs the Camenae the Völva of Norse Mythology and also the apsaras in the mythology of classical India)