FILM/YEAR CREATURES/
CHARACTERS
Fantasia
(1940)
• Kentaurides/
Centaurides
• Centaurs
DISNEY’S
TAKE
Disney displays
centaurs and
their female
counterparts,
centaurides, in a
classical manner.
They are half-
horse, half-
human.
CLASSICAL
ORIGIN
Disney was fairly
spot-on, although
mythical centaurs
are typically a
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go-lucky.
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