centaur

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This second installment in the series is a fantasy romance between Gemma, a war monk turned reluctant princess, and Quinn, an affable, annoying centaur helping her build alliances for her blacksmith sister’s claim to queenship.

From New York Times

Fowl Sr.’s disappearance relates to his knowledge that Earth’s core is filled with fairies, centaurs and other fantasy creatures.

From New York Times

As legend goes, Chiron, an immortal centaur, who both taught medicine and served as a physician, attended a gathering hosted by another centaur named Pholus.

From Scientific American

Still, Kenigsberg wrote, the filmmakers “have clearly had fun imagining a milieu with belligerent biker sprites and cops who are centaurs or Cyclopes.”

From New York Times

Onward Pixar Animation Studios pride themselves on their originality and ingenuity, but this particular world of wonder, populated by galloping centaurs, spell-casting wizards and fire-breathing dragons, feels curiously, even knowingly, derivative.

From Los Angeles Times