Mnemosyne is the Mother of the Muses, as well as the River of Remembrance in the Underworld over which she presides.
Even though the Muses are not mentioned in The Winged Pegasus, they are still integral to to the process of being brought to know that which lies deep within ourselves. The arts help us to do so with compassion. Here is an excellent overview of Memory and The Muses by The Mnemosyne Foundation, in which Memory is understood in the broadest sense as something that includes all our previous lifetimes, our evolutionary trail, and the chimaeras within our DNA.
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