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'sons of Ixion'), is a creature from Greek mythology with the upper body of a human and the lower body and legs of a horse that was said to live in the mountains of Thessaly. [2] In one version of the myth, the centaurs were named after Centaurus, and, through his brother Lapithes, were kin to the legendary tribe of the Lapiths.
Anggitay – A strictly-female creature that has the upper body of a human with the lower body of a horse. Centaur – A creature that has the upper body of a human with the lower body of a horse. Khepri – The dung beetle-headed Egyptian God. Kinnara – Half-human, half-bird in later Indian mythology. Kurma – Upper-half human, lower-half ...
Icthyocentaur with trident. Hotel Sacher, Vienna. Four-legged ichthyocentaur. Fountain of the Centaurs, Missouri State Capitol. In late Classical Greek art, an ichthyocentaur (Greek: ἰχθυοκένταυρος, plural: ἰχθυοκένταυροι) was a centaurine sea being with the upper body of a human, the lower anterior half and fore-legs of a horse, and the tailed posterior half of a ...
Psoglav was described as having a human body with horse legs, a dog's head with iron teeth, and a single eye on the forehead. [1] Psoglavs were described as living in caves or in a dark land which has plenty of gemstones, but no sun. [1] They practice anthropophagy, by eating people, or even digging out corpses from graves to eat them. [1]
The nuckelavee (/ n ʌ k l ɑː ˈ v iː /) or nuckalavee is a horse-like demon from Orcadian folklore that combines equine and human elements. British folklorist Katharine Briggs called it "the nastiest" [1] of all the demons of Scotland's Northern Isles. The nuckelavee's breath was thought to wilt crops and sicken livestock, and the creature ...
However, unlike a centaur, which is portrayed with four legs, the onocentaur is often portrayed with only two legs, and some artwork depicts it with no front legs on the donkey part of its body. As with many liminal beings, the onocentaur's nature is one of conflict between its human and animal components. [1]
The centaurs had six limbs: four horse legs and two human arms. Sleipnir, Odin's horse in Norse mythology, has eight normal horse legs, and is usually depicted with limbs twinned at the shoulder or hip. Several Hindu deities are depicted with multiple arms and sometimes also multiple legs.
If a horse loses the use of one leg temporarily, there is the risk that other legs will break down during the recovery period because they are carrying an abnormal weight load. While horses periodically lie down for brief periods of time, a horse cannot remain lying in the equivalent of a human's " bed rest " because of the risk of developing ...