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Narnian Centaurs
Centaurs in Narnia are half-horse, half-human, just as they are in Greek mythology. The Narnian centaurs are always seen positively, unlike the centaurs of Greek mythology. In all their Narnia appearances they are seen as wise prophets or sages, loyal courtiers and majestic, powerful warriors. They are highly skilled in astronomy and divination, being able to read the stars and tell of future events. They are also proficient warriors and healers. It is said in Narnia that no one ever laughed at a centaur and that no one who valued his life would ever saddle one (if offered the opportunity). They also have two stomachs— one human and one equine— which means they eat quantities of both human and equine food.
In contrast, the centaurs of Greek tales were nearly always a wild race who were violent, womanizing, and usually intoxicated. The centaurs of Narnia are based on a unique and well known Greek centaur, Chiron, who, unlike all the other centaurs, was a noble, wise, and powerful being. Many centaurs in modern fiction are likewise based on Chiron.
Through the Narnia series, only three centaurs are named: Glenstorm in ''Prince Caspian'', Cloudbirth in ''The Silver Chair'', and Roonwit in ''The Last Battle''. Unnamed centaurs appear in ''The Horse and His Boy'' (the centaur who makes the prophecy about the baby Cor growing up to save Archenland from danger) and in the final chapter of ''The Silver Chair'' (where Jill and Eustace ride across Narnia on two unnamed centaurs). Centaurs are also mentioned in ''The Horse and His Boy'' in the battle at Anvard. The centaur Oreius is named in the 2005 ''Narnia'' film ''The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'', but the centaurs in the book are not named.
==The unnamed centaur at Cor’s birth==
In chapter 14 of ''The Horse and His Boy'', Shasta (having discovered that he is in fact Prince Cor of Archenland) relates to Aravis, Bree and Hwin the story of his birth and of his kidnap as a baby. After he and his brother Corin were born, they were taken to “a wise old Centaur in Narnia to be blessed”. Cor says that “this Centaur was a prophet as a good many Centaurs are.” The Centaur predicted that a day would come when Cor would save Archenland from the deadliest danger in which ever she lay. In order to prevent this prophecy from coming true, one of the King’s courtiers had kidnapped the baby Cor and taken him to Calormen, but by this very action he set up the circumstances for the prophecy to be fulfilled. In this episode, then, centaurs are once again seen as wise prophets.
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