Centaurs: NOT Just Party Ponies

Centaurs are seriously misunderstood creatures.

Not universally, of course. C. S. Lewis understood them, as he did a great many other things. I first met Centaurs in Narnia, and it was “Jack’s” description that shaped my imagination regarding these creatures:

“ . . . and at last, breaking and trampling the thickets, there came in sight the noblest creatures that Caspian had yet seen, the great Centaur Glenstorm and his three sons. His flanks were glossy chestnut and the...