Winged Spears
The Ethiopian Air Force in the 1935 War of Abyssinia in the context of cancel culture, censorship and false beliefs. By Alberto Alpozzi, photo-reporter. The PEGASOS AITHIOPIKOS, shown in the 1350 illustration above, was a breed of winged, horned horse believed to be native to Aithiopia—Ethiopia—in sub-Saharan Africa. It was said to descend from Pegasus, the celebrated horse of Greek myth, who was himself believed to have been born on the shores of the Red Sea near Aithiopia. Ancient writers, including the Roman author Pliny the Elder in the 1st century, readily accepted that such a creature lived in Ethiopia. Today, another Ethiopian myth has reappeared—promoted by false historians with political agendas: the image of the Ethiopian warrior, armed only with a spear and shield, sacrificing himself to defend his homeland against a technologically superior Europe...