Mythology of Centaurs WAS Re:Umbridge's Rape (Was: Is Umbridge a Half-Breed???)

[silverdragon at ezweb.com.au]

No: HPFGUIDX 78445

HI Jazmyn, and anyone else who may be intersted in my inane


> I have found no source in mythology to suggest that there are no female
> centaurs.  Please provide some sort of proof for this. (ie. What book
> did you find this in.  And no, Piers Anthony's Xanth is not acceptable
> as a source for Greek Myth) <snip>

> Besides, its SATYRS, not centaurs that supposedly were all males and
> they mated with the 'all female' wood nymphs and anything else that
> would  hold still long enough.  In Greek Myth, only one centaur tried to
> run off with a woman (Hercules wife) and was killed.


"World Mythology" edt Roy Willis
"The centaurs, decendants of Ixion. (A notorius sexual transgressor and king
of the Lapiths, a fabulous race of Thessaly. He attempted to rape the
Goddess Hera, but she decieved him by putting a cloud in her shape in her
bed, with which he mated when he was drunk. Zeus punished Ixion for
attempting to seduce his wife by tying him to a burning wheel which would
forever turn in the underworld. The offspring of Ixion and the cloud was
Centuros, who became a sexual transgressor himself by coupling with a mare
to
produce the first Centaur.) Centaurs had the torsos of men and the lower
bodies of
horses. They were often associated with sexual license and violence. At the
wedding of King Perithous of the Lapiths, the Centaurs attempted to carry
off his bride, causing a war in which Theseus aided the Lapiths. However
some Centaurs were wise and kindly, such as Chiron, who educated several
heros including Jason and Achilles, and Pholus, who had played host to
Herakles. (unfortunately Herakles's visit ended on a sour note when other
Centaurs demanded to share the wine Pholus had offered him. They were beaten
in battle by the angry hero. Another Centaur Nessus, ultimately caused
Herakles's death.)"

"Myths and Legends" Arthur Cotterell
"In Greek Mythology, the Centaur was a creature with the head and torso of a
man with the lower body of a horse. Centaurs were commonly lascivious,
drunken followers of Dionysus, although some of them, notably Chiron, were
teachers of men and nurturers of civilisation..."

Just a couple of notes, anyway...

Nox
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