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In my star list I have only 7 stars in the Pegasus constellatin and I should therefore update it with the rest of those with Greek letters:

Enif ε Pegasi 2.38 09° 39′ N 21h 42m 330.2  
Homan ζ Pegasi 3.41 10° 34′ N 22h 29m 342.2  
Matar η Pegasi 2.93 29° 58′ N 22h 41m 345.2  
Scheat Pegasi β Pegasi 2.44 27° 49′ N 23h 01m 350.3 H
Markab Pegasi α Pegasi 2.49 14° 56′ N 23h 02m 350.5 ACH
Kerb τ Pegasi 4.58 23° 28′ N 23h 18m 354.6  
Algenib Pegasi γ Pegasi 2.83 14º 54' N 00h 11m 2.8 CH

 

In the Hindu list there are 2 stations for the Pegasus Square (perceived as, among other things, a 'funeral cot'):

20 Purva Ashadha δ and ε Sagittarii Elephant tusk, fan, winnowing basket
21 Uttara Ashadha ζ and σ Sagittarii Elephant tusk, small bed
22 Abhijit α, ε, and ζ Lyrae -
23 Sravana α, β, and γ Aquilae Ear or Three Footprints
24 Dhanishta α - δ Delphini Drum or flute
25 Shatabisha γ Aquarii Empty circle, 1000 flowers or stars
26 Purva Bhādrapadā α and β Pegasi Swords or two front legs of funeral cot, man with two faces
27 Uttara Bhādrapadā γ Pegasi and α Andromedae Twins, back legs of funeral cot, snake in the water

The Chinese list has also 2 stations, but with only 1 star in each, and their station numbers are 13 less than the corresponding ones in the Hindu list:

9 Ox / Herd Boy β Capricornii Buffalo
10 Girl ε Aquarii Bat
11 Emptiness β Aquarii Rat
12 Rooftop α Aquarii Swallow
13 House α Pegasi Pig
14 Wall γ Pegasi Porcupine
15 Legs η Andromedae (?) Wolf
16 Bond β Arietis Dog

The Wall ought to refer to the right ascension line for 0h, which is separating one RA year from the next. And a porcupine has innumerable sharp points (tara), each one possible to imagine as associated with some time cycle.

The preceding House could illustrate the state of inside, I suppose.

... The king, wearing now a short, stiff archaic mantle, walks in a grave and stately manner to the sanctuary of the wolf-god Upwaut, the 'Opener of the Way', where he anoints the sacred standard and, preceded by this, marches to the palace chapel, into which he disappears. A period of time elapses during which the pharaoh is no longer manifest.

When he reappears he is clothed as in the Narmer palette, wearing the kilt with Hathor belt and bull's tail attatched. In his right hand he holds the flail scepter and in his left, instead of the usual crook of the Good Shepherd, an object resembling a small scroll, called the Will, the House Document, or Secret of the Two Partners, which he exhibits in triumph, proclaiming to all in attendance that it was given him by his dead father Osiris, in the presence of the earth-god Geb. 'I have run', he cries, 'holding the Secret of the Two Partners, the Will that my father has given me before Geb. I have passed through the land and touched the four sides of it. I traverse it as I desire.' ...