Centaurs vs. Unicorns
As some of you know, when we were at Hume Lake a heated debate was born. It created quite the divide between two growing armies. There was shouting, there was impromptu questioning, there was some crying (you can probably guess which side would cry). The debate is simply this: Which creature would you rather go into battle with: a Centaur or a Unicorn. Here is a brief history of the debate.
We were seated in the Snack Shop, enjoying burgers, fries, corn dogs, and sodas. Each night when you order, instead of asking for your name, they ask for fun things. This evening, it was your favorite animal. Well, James Norwood went to order his food and he said, “Unicorn”. When I heard of this, I simply questioned his manhood. James was convinced that a Unicorn was a very manly animal, to which I posed the question that bore the debate.
The debate started with simply asking people everyone around us, and two sides were firmly formed. Before we knew it, we were yelling out reasons why our animal was better for battle and asking strangers in the snack shop which they would choose. Needless to say, reputable individuals chose Centaurs. To prove our point, we began to form a list of reasons why Centaurs were better than Unicorns. Here is the list!
- It has the mind of a human
- It can wield heavy, dangerous weapons
- It has six limbs, not just four
- It has the ability to be an ethical creature, understanding good and bad
- Can see all around them, can’t be surprised from behind
- Can defend and attack from 360 degrees
- Can carry and execute long range weapons
- They are simply more manly
- They have no terrorist ties (some proponents of Unicorns were saying they could drop Anthrax on armies from above).
- Can carry a conversation and are good for companionship
- Not associated with rainbows, which are simply for girls
- Can execute and carry out commands by themselves
- Have opposable thumbs
- Getting dirty doesn’t bother them
- Princesses ride unicorns
- Warriors ride centaurs
- Are not scared by lightening
- Darker colors provide natural camouflage
- Pink and purple are associated with Unicorns
- Dark colors are more manly
- There are thousands of centaurs and they travel in groups. You have one, you have a hundred.
- Centaurs can get and prepare their own food
- You can lead a Unicorn to water, but you can’t make it drink
- Centaurs do not like glitter
- If a centaur loses his sword, he gets another
- If a unicorn gets its horn cut off, he’s out of luck
- Centaurs can talk and clearly communicate
- Unicorns can only neigh, stomp its feet, or shake its head
- Little girls dream of Unicorns
- C.S. Lewis dreamed of centaurs
- Centaurs eat meat, which is manly
- Unicorns eat hay, hardly food for war preparation
- Centaurs can play catch when you are bored
- Guys who like squirrels like Unicorns (this one is for Kim)
- A sword can be 5-6 feet long
- A horn can be 2 feet long, max
- Centaurs can reproduce, creating lineage
- A centaur has more options for weapons
- It is more likely that a centaur could get saved
- Centaurs cannot be bought with carrots
- Unicorns cannot set up camp and start a fire
- The camp speaker thinks centaurs are better
- Centaurs can properly cleanse themselves
- Centaurs can rock out, playing any instrument in a band
- Centaurs can get a mohawk, creating group unity
- Centaurs can give back rubs without killing you.
- Centaurs can wear clothes
- Horses can’t vomit, and if they eat something, they will die.
- Centaurs love Aslan
- Centaurs aided Hercules
- Centaurs would kick but at Kijabe Kan Kan
- Centaurs have better balance
- Centaurs can lift and move large obstructions so others can pass through
- Unicorns would only be able to jump over them
- As Motaro, in Mortal Kombat made clear, they are fantastic one on one fighters.
- Centaurs can carry a torch and bravely lead the way into a dark cavern or canyon
- Centaurs can count to ten with their fingers. Unicorns can’t count
- Centaurs are able to form and sign treaties to prevent or resolve conflict.
- Can sleep lying down, horses are going to die if they lie down
- Not self conscious about feminine physique
- They have twice the internal organs, making them twice as healthy.
rachaph said,
August 26, 2008 at 5:23 pm
1. I would have to say riding on the back of a centaur would be weird- he would turn around and talk to me- I would much rather ride a unicorn.
2. Unicorns can reproduce!
3. How would centaurs have better balance- wouldn’t they be a little off-balance?
4. You think centaurs have two sets of internal organs- I don’t think so. They have one mouth and one anus so at least the digestive system would probably be unified. All your comments about food/ vomiting- irrelevant. (31, 32, 48, 61)
5. Gandalf rode a unicorn.
6. Your not distinguishing between the unicorn itself and how people portray them. It’s not the unicorn’s fault that 8 year old girls paint them pink and purple with glitter. It could have just as easily happend to the centaur. Luck of the draw.
casey hannink said,
July 20, 2009 at 5:33 pm
gandalf never rode a unicorn there are no unicorns or centaurs in middle earth
if you had read the chronicles of narnia you would find that both centuars and unicorns were highly valued in battle and CS Lewis did in fact dream of both centaurs and unicorns
unicorns could attack with horn teeth and hooves all at once and their horn grows back
centaurs had a binary organ system with forks in it so that the human intestines joined with the equine intestines cs lewis said centaurs ate a human breakfast and then they ate a horse breakfast and unicorns could talk and they had excellent balance not to mention faster than the heavy centaur
Victoria said,
December 21, 2009 at 10:57 am
Gandalf did so ride a unicorn when he was saving Faramir and his soilders from the Nazgul
Peter also rode a unicorn in the battle in Lion, WItch and the Wardrobe
i’m not taking a side in this argument because i think both animals are equally amazing
i mean seriously unicorns are gorgeous and centaurs are heroic you can’t compare them the two!
BethsMomToo said,
August 26, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Nay, nay… You are confusing the 8 year old girl corruption of the noble unicorn. One needs to observe the Medieval unicorn to truly understand the value of having one on your side:
“In even the earliest references he is fierce yet good, selfless yet solitary, but always mysteriously beautiful. He could be captured only by unfair means, and his single horn was said to neutralize poison.”
Did you catch that? FIERCE… CAN NEUTRALIZE POISON… and then there are all those magical abilities. A very useful compatriot, indeed!
BethsMomToo said,
August 26, 2008 at 6:32 pm
And the collective term for a grouping of unicorns is called a “blessing of unicorns”. How great would it be to go into battle with a “blessing of unicorns”?
ehudadams said,
August 27, 2008 at 10:01 am
Beth- I cannot believe my own blood has betrayed me! Here are my replies:
1. I never said you would be riding them. We know that centaurs don’t like people riding on them.
2. Can they reproduce? I say its unsubstantiated.
3. They would have better balance due to the strong core muscles, as wells as the ability to shift balance with arms and torso. duh.
4. This is also unsubstantiated. We know that horses can’t throw up. that is a fact. That would be neutralized by the torso being a man’s.
5. only because Tolkien thought the Chronicles of Narnia was ridiculous and wasn’t therefore worthy of writing of Centaurs.
6. We would only portray an animal as they portray themselves to be. Don’t you think there is a reason that Centaurs never caught on as a girly creature? Because they would never tolerate being defined that way.
Mother- there is a reason they were called ‘the dark ages’. may I ask, what was going on theologically during this time? I can hardly think that we can trust writings from this period of time.
you said they are solitary in that quote, too. therefore, no ‘blessing’. And they live in an imaginary world. Who ever said that the bad guys would be fair? A centaur would know and predict the unfair means that the bad guys would attempt to bring upon him. A unicorn, apparently, would just be naive and dancing on clouds, giggling and throwing glitter, and with its last, dying breath after being knifed from behind, it would say, “That’s not fair!” of course unicorns can’t talk, so even that isn’t true.
casey hannink said,
July 20, 2009 at 5:35 pm
tolkien was best friends with cs lewis
they formed and led the writers club the inklings
ehudadams said,
July 21, 2009 at 4:51 am
I know that, and it is well known that Tolkien did not approve of the Chronicles. Lewis even said it himself.
Anna Halverson said,
August 27, 2008 at 11:53 am
i would like to add one thing to both sides
A unicorn is talked of in Narnia in a battle scene…yes it did take part in a battle and helped to win!
Some one commented earlier that unicorns can reproduce…well so can centaurs! in Narnia it did talk about a centaur and his family (wife and children).
i personally don’t take a side in this argument either animal is fine with me! While the unicorn can be pictured as slightly more magestic the centaur portays the honor of a worrior.
p.s. please forgive my spelling mistakes.
ehudadams said,
August 27, 2008 at 11:57 am
good words anna. I would only add that a Unicorn is mentioned in the Last Battle, but who was the general of the army…. that’s right, a centaur!
Anonymous said,
August 27, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Of course they can reproduce… how else could you have a “blessing” of unicorns?! There were only two on the ark
… and it takes at least three to have a “group”, otherwise it would be a “pair”.
I think you ought to post that macho unicorn picture I sent you.
I understand your point about the theological wasteland of medieval times [I refuse to call them "Dark Ages"]…though God ALWAYS had His remnant! So… I’m assuming you find pagan Greek myths to be more edifying?
ehudadams said,
August 27, 2008 at 3:41 pm
when it comes to unicorns and centaurs, i would be quicker to listen to greek ‘myths’ than medieval insights.
casey hannink said,
July 20, 2009 at 5:37 pm
but the greek myths talk about both unicorns and centaurs in a positive light
BethsMomToo said,
August 28, 2008 at 12:51 pm
OK, it’s time to take the gloves off and shatter dreams…
SOMEONE has to point out James’ superior knowledge of literature, art and history, demonstrated by his choice of the “unicorn”. Though besmirched and laughed at, he has shown himself to be the better man. Unaffected by a shallow Hollywood subculture OR by a single beloved author’s REconstruction of the reputation of the “centaur”, James has chosen the way of Truth! (hum “God Bless America” softly as you continue reading…)
As previously pointed out, the “unicorn” has historically been considered a creature of consistent purity and goodness. Can we say the same thing about the “centaur”? Unfortunately, we cannot. With the ONE exception of Chiron, tutor to princes, centaurs are creatures known for their drunkenness and debauchery. Yes! Consider their infamous slaughter of the Lapiths! Graciously invited to a wedding, they went into a drunken frenzy and slaughtered the wedding guests and even attempted to rape the Bride, mind you! Are THESE creatures worthy of our admiration?
As a professor of medieval literature, our beloved Lewis KNEW the Truth, yet he portrayed “centaurs” as having an entirely different nature. [but then, he WAS British... continue humming "God Bless America" ... want another piece of apple pie?]
BethsMomToo said,
August 28, 2008 at 2:04 pm
I bet James Norwood honors his Mom, too…
Tash said,
August 28, 2008 at 6:29 pm
I still vote centaurs… because at the end of the day a centaur could still kick a unicorn’s butt!
ehudadams said,
August 29, 2008 at 10:58 am
exactly, we’re talking about battle warriors, not someone who you would want to raise your children.
rachaph said,
August 29, 2008 at 11:35 am
If we’re talKing battles here- wouldn’t unicorns be faster than centaurs? I would imagine the upper body of the centaur slows him down– again another negative.
Go mom!
casey hannink said,
July 20, 2009 at 5:40 pm
in narnia it was said that a unicorn at a Gallup would be lost from sight in a very short period of time on the flatlands
centaurs cant match that speed
ehudadams said,
July 21, 2009 at 4:55 am
that would come in really handy when they are running from battle like a sissie.
Nicole Thorp said,
December 2, 2009 at 12:11 pm
How about running to the aid of your friends?
ehudadams said,
August 29, 2008 at 12:07 pm
centaurs have the same speed of a unicorn, but more agility because of being able to swing on things with their arms. AND, battles are not won with speed, but strength. a unicorn is NOT a soldier. they are more adept to running away in retreat like the girls that like to play with them.
Nicole said,
July 19, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Running in retreat? You should try being a mom! Now that is a battle.
casey hannink said,
July 20, 2009 at 6:00 pm
what being do you know that can withstand the impact of a very sharp very hard horn that is being driven into your chest with a whole lot of momentum
momentum equals mass multiplied by velocity a unicorn weighs as much as a horse so lets say 500 pounds which is the same as 186 kilograms multiply that by lets say 80 miles per hour which is the same as 35 meters per second
so its 186kg times 35 m/s equals 6510 joules
thats the energy that you would get hit with in an area that is the size of a sword point
BethsMomToo said,
September 21, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Hey,
I just saw an All Spice commercial of a centaur taking a shower! I have to admit he looked worthy of battle.
big boy said,
November 1, 2008 at 11:58 am
centors are ausoum and they are housetraind unlike unicorns
macho said,
November 1, 2008 at 12:01 pm
unicors can be housetraind and can wear armer and bring good luck but I HATE the girly coulers people give them
macho said,
November 1, 2008 at 12:03 pm
I ment to put unicorns at the start
Me said,
November 6, 2008 at 10:04 am
I think that centaurs are better because while unicorns WERE creatures that bring luck and stuff, but it has been transformed into a pink lump of *£$! smothered with cheap glitter that has been badly dolloped on by some 8 year old girl. Centaurs are strong, fast, masculine, strong, intelligent, agile, strong, enduring, have the ability to talk, strong, can use their arms, can count, can fight, strong, are not remotely femine, strong, can reproduce and strong.
what are unicorns?
pink.
macho said,
November 9, 2008 at 3:38 am
I agree with Me cetaurs are strong they can weild a wepon what can a unicorn weild nothing but a lowsy horn
Macho said,
November 9, 2008 at 3:42 am
Pluse the unicorn is just a hourse with a decarated stick [horn] on its head and a little magic. Allso unicorns can`t talk the use some kind of dopy sighn langege to coumunacate
Mind my spelling mistakes
Me said,
November 9, 2008 at 7:13 am
exactly!!! also I would like to point out how rubbish a racaphs comments are:
1. Centaurs don’t like people riding on them anyway-and why would it turn around? They like to run fast, so they wouldn’t turn around incase they crashed into something. And surely it would be nice to have someone to talk to!! And besides, every time the unicorn reared up it would impale you on its horn.
2. Really? Can they? Wow!! Did you know that centaurs can reproduce too? And dogs!! And cats!! And goldfish!! And hamsters!! And lions!! And sparrows…..
3. Admittedly, unicorns aren’t off balance. But how would having torso put you off balance? It would be better, as they can use there arms for different things. Unicorns can just bite stuff.
4. They don’t, hmmmm? Would that be why C.S lewis said wrote that centaurs have two hearts, stomachs, brains and four lungs? And the vomiting is very relevant-it’s a way to get rid of germs in your body. If you’re saying unicorns don’t vomit, they die when they get ill.
5. Centaurs don’t like being ridden. Horses aren’t magical. Gandalf isn’t real.
6. No. Just no. Do you have a seven year old sister? Have you ever asked her to draw a centaur instead of a unicorn? Has she replied, ” No, they’re too mean and fightingy”?
didn’t think so…..
Luke said,
November 15, 2008 at 7:54 pm
Centaurs come makie Armour they are a Like a knight excpet the horse does everything the man wants. They would own a unicorn. But the unicorn from Chronicles of Narnia Kicked ass Pretty GOOD but Centaurs in general are more kick ass. the unicorn from the crhonicles of narnia can talk too!
casey hannink said,
July 20, 2009 at 6:04 pm
who lasted longer in the last battle the centaur or the unicorn
the unicorn
N said,
December 11, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Is it true that centaurs don’t like to be ridden by a human because it means that they’re “whipped” so to speak?
Me said,
December 19, 2008 at 6:45 am
i dunno. Ask one. See, with a centaur you can ASK, unlike a unicorn who might not like being ridden but cant say coz they cant talk!!
casey hannink said,
July 20, 2009 at 6:06 pm
all of you should read the chronicles of narnia and maybe then it will get through to all of you that unicorns can speak
ehudadams said,
July 21, 2009 at 4:57 am
i think its really funny that you assume 1. we haven’t read them. and 2. that this is a serious conversation where we’re not purposely presenting ‘facts’ that are only convenient to our side. unicorns are stupid.
Howthehellrya said,
January 5, 2009 at 4:27 pm
LOL this is awesome good job!
But one other thing if you r u good friends with a centaur then they will be glad to give you a ride. And for the girls there r girl sentars too they r not all boys (btw)
BethsMomToo said,
January 5, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Unicorns use ESP. They don’t need to talk.
casey hannink said,
July 20, 2009 at 6:04 pm
but they can talk
Kaitlynn Nicole Knisley said,
January 14, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Do you have a horse?
ehudadams said,
January 14, 2009 at 3:43 pm
no… BUT i did grow up around them and i DO have a centaur. he lives in my garage and has a sweet multimedia set up in there.
L said,
January 16, 2009 at 3:56 pm
According to medieval tradition, after being killed the Unicorn is resurrected, making him essentially immortal.
‘Nuff said.
BethsMomToo said,
January 16, 2009 at 6:26 pm
At last! Someone with an historical appreciation for the unicorn! Where have you been “L”? Another voice of reason heard at last.
ehudadams said,
January 16, 2009 at 10:29 pm
again, medieval times? what truths have ever taken from the medieval times? they were the dark ages, people. if we took everything they believed in the medieval times, we’d be in a lot of trouble. I hardly think anything from then is authoritative. even so, immortality doesn’t make you a great fighter or leader. if anything, it would alienate you from the rest of the army. they wouldn’t relate to you. they wouldn’t trust you, either. imagine you are following someone immortal into battle, you don’t know if they are leading you into a winnable battle. if they die, they just come back. if you die, game over. you are risking much more than them.
casey hannink said,
July 20, 2009 at 6:08 pm
the greeks said the same thing about unicorns that they resurrected
Dino said,
January 17, 2009 at 1:14 pm
The first recorded account of a unicorn describes it as a ginormous beast with shaggy bear-like fur, a gigantic horn, a humped back, elephant, and a bad attitude. Hardly sounds girly, does it. Like wise, Marco Polo, during his visit to China, described unicorns he saw there as “ugly” and “bad-tempered.” While most assume he is reffering the Wooly or Javan rhinoceros, some have taken the accounts above and suggested that he may be reffering to an extinct species known as Elasmotherium, a ancient shaggy rhino with a fifteen foot horn in the middle of its forehead and a bad attitude. It could only be killed with poisoned arrows.
BethsMomToo said,
January 17, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Ok. Now we’re cooking. There are actually people who are aware life existed before My Pretty Pony! You go, Dino! [Of course it would probably be a good idea to avoid bringing up any of the other stuff Marco Polo wrote about...]
Dino said,
January 18, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Well, Marco Polo did not that Chinese had dragons pulling their chariots and the Chinese did have the actual position of Royal Dragon feeder. There is a possibility that he could have encountered now extinct species there.
Dino said,
January 18, 2009 at 5:29 pm
“Did note”, sorry. I meant so say “did note” on my previous comment. I also meant to say the Elasmotheruim had elephant-like feet.
Dino said,
January 18, 2009 at 5:47 pm
If you want to see the Elasmotherium in action, then watch this video. A guy tries to catch one for a Jurassic Park sort of place. The video is Spanish, though.
Me said,
January 19, 2009 at 10:16 am
I just thought, if unicorns were historically bad tempered and all that, then why are they better than centuars, BethsMomToo? You were arguing that centuars were agressive and all that when you admitt that unicorns are MORE agressive? I mean, honestly, talk about hipocrytical*…
*I don’t know if that’s how you spell hipocrytical. Sorry.
BethsMomToo said,
January 19, 2009 at 11:48 am
I didn’t say they were bad-tempered… Marco Polo did. I’m sure he must have been mistaken. Unicorns are fierce, but it a “pure” kind of way…
Dino said,
January 19, 2009 at 4:50 pm
If we are speaking about the medieval unicorn, then yes, they were pure, lovely, graceful, and beautiful creatures. If we are speaking about the prehistoric unicorn, then they were utter savages. But the same goes for centaurs. If we we go by the medieval centaur, then they were wise sages, knowleged in every part of the universe. If we go by the Greek centaur, then they were drunkards and rapists.
Me said,
January 20, 2009 at 10:16 am
never mind the greek, prehistoric, medieval stuff, what about now? About now people say that centuars are wise and knowledgeable, as the unicorns are pink and glittery. I agree that unicorns are really more pure and graceful, but my little pony has taken over that, and besides, this is meant to be arguing who you want prefer going into battle with, and I still think centuars would be better.
me said,
January 20, 2009 at 10:17 am
sorry, I meant ‘this is meant to be arguing who you would prefer going into battle with’.
BethsMomToo said,
January 20, 2009 at 8:39 pm
This may be a record number of Comments… and it continues! We’ve been arguing the merits of each side since August! Love it!
Me said,
January 21, 2009 at 9:24 am
hey, this could be a record breaker : Largest number of comments left on online arguement!!
Macho said,
February 1, 2009 at 7:39 am
I think the record is at 300 or somthing or is that how many people think unicorns are gay
big boy said,
February 1, 2009 at 10:11 am
why dont we get back to the real argument and bring unihorns and centaurs back into it.
Dino said,
February 1, 2009 at 4:36 pm
A few people have misunderstood my Elasmotheruim argument. I meant as an example of a TRUE unicorn, that a unicorn was not a girly animal, but a true beast that could hold its own against a full-grown wooly mammoth.
TT said,
February 1, 2009 at 9:04 pm
The perceptions of both creatures have been skewed over time; perhaps we can conclude that both of them have changed with the ages, as have humans. In which case we only have to worry about the perceptions of they today. Or you could look at it the other way – which species has most IMPROVED their reputation through the ages. Clearly they must be superiour;
Unicorns, adopted by little 8-year old girls everywhere (hardly a surprise; of course they’ll go for the pretty horses with horns rather than the horses with yucky men’s body attatched
) to be the representatives of pink and glittery things.
Centaurs, wise and noble, yet savage, and powerful fighters. Adopted by games everywhere when they needed a random monster to fight. Centaurs win.
Macho said,
February 26, 2009 at 9:31 am
unicorns are cool right there gay (my girl freind was here a moment ago) so unihorns are GAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and centars are cool they read stars fight kill things unicorns cant do and what they can plus you can kiss a centar cause he/she has lips try to kiss a unihorn it will gauge your eye out
BethsMomToo said,
February 26, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Have you ever seen a female Centaur? [If such a thing exists, you may not care to kiss it.]
Seleuf said,
March 4, 2009 at 7:36 am
Horses are magnificent creatures, which makes it no wonder there are so many fantasy creatures with horse traits. Centaurs, Unicorns, Hippogriphs, Hippocampi, etc. And yes, I say that the unicorn has “horse traits”, because as opposed to what some people may think, a unicorn isn’t just a white horse with a horn on it’s head. It has a goat’s beard, a lion’s tail and cloven hooves (not to mention magical abilities).
Whether I would want a centaur or a unicorn by my side when I charge into battle is a tough question, though… Although centaurs have their origins with a Greek God, they are fully mortal. Unicorns are said to be immortal, but aren’t really the warrior type. [...]
Seleuf said,
March 4, 2009 at 7:37 am
[...] Both creatures are wild and untamable, although unicorns tend to be universally good and pure while centaurs can vary as much as humans, and both possess great strength and agility. I would debate which is faster or more agile, though, since having a human torso sticking up like that might get in the way in tight situations.
Centaurs are fierce warriors and can wield just about any weapon a human can wield. Unicorns possess magical abilities and although not designated warriors, they are not to be trifled with.
Both creatures are also noble creatures and even if the unicorn cannot speak like humans, both creatures are highly intelligent. Of course, the unicorn may not have to speak as it is magical and can probably communicate via telepathy. [...]
Seleuf said,
March 4, 2009 at 7:37 am
[...] I don’t think unicorns are gay, although it is very difficult to find a masculine picture of a creature that is associated with luck, purity and magic (hense rainbows, feminine qualities and glittering colors). This site has a few options, though:
http://ava7.com/2006/11/99-unicorn-pictures.html
And these two picture looks fairly masculine:
http://joy2meu.com/Journal_1/Unicorn-1%20copy
http://www.nwbotanicals.org/oak/magick/tma/stagandunicorn.jpg [...]
Seleuf said,
March 4, 2009 at 7:38 am
[...] And, YES, there are both male and female unicorns and, YES, unicorns can reproduce. Otherwise, they’d be fairly extinct, wouldn’t they? Not to mention lonely.
http://ava7.com/images/99-unicorn-pictures/unicorn-014.jpg
As for if female centaurs exist, I say “Of course! How else would they reproduce??” And if you would like to kiss one, this picture might give the answer:
http://www.clydecaldwell.com/large_images/centaur_girl_drawing.html
And don’t come arguing that unicorns and Gandalf don’t exist as some way to make centaurs better, because guess what: Centaurs don’t exist either. We are discussing mythological creatures here. The whole question of which would you rather charge into battle with is purely hypothetical. (Although if I could choose, I’d probably want both centaurs and unicorns at my side. And while I’m at it, I might throw in some dragons. What? I want to win, don’t I?)
Oh, and on a funny side note: Although it probably doesn’t have this meaning in the word “centaur” (because “centaur” is derived from the Greek God “Centaurus”), the word “taur” means bull. ^^
Dino said,
March 4, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Napoleon Dynamite drew centaurs and unicorns. I guess he should be the expert in all things mythical. I’ll have to ask him next time I see him.
Miss Vagabond said,
March 7, 2009 at 7:31 pm
you are a unicorn basher. you suck.
Dino said,
March 8, 2009 at 5:31 pm
While both might formidable foes in battle, the unicorn has the advantage of less time it takes to eat. C.S. Lewis noted in THE SILVER CHAIR that a centaur has to eat both a human’s breakfast and a horse’s breakfast thus they must start eating at daybreak and can’t stop until noon. A unicorn, meanwhile, can eat on the run and, should a battle start spontaneously can rush in right away, while the centaur will become fatigued from having not eaten everything yet.
Dino said,
March 8, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Oh, and while the centaur can just get another sword if it loses it, if its arm gets cut off its out of luck. But a unicorn’s horn grows back..
BethsMomToo said,
March 9, 2009 at 9:24 am
Dino… Significant NEW points in the argument AND they are backed up by literary/historical references and not just your own opinion or the short-term influence of modern culture. Bonus points, my man…
Dino said,
March 9, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Hmmm…just wondering. Hypothetically, if centaurs are compatable with humans, then what do we get? Do we get a horse top-half, human bottom-half, or a human top-half, horse bottom-half? Does it depend on which is the father and which is the mother? This is a curious case…
Dino said,
March 9, 2009 at 6:50 pm
I am asking about what their children would be, if it is too vague.
BethsMomToo said,
March 10, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Maybe we shouldn’t go there…
Macho said,
March 27, 2009 at 1:56 pm
what you shuld be asking about is how would you give birth to a baby or faun what ever you call them just how would you do it oh and female centars do exist and my mate would kiss one. one problemo centars arnt seen evry day oh look a unicorn no its just a horse with a plastic horn stuck to its head
Macho said said,
July 9, 2009 at 8:31 am
back to my point if you see a male unicorn you wonder where it came from did it come from the ground no did it come from the great sky god or the god of life NO it came from its MOTHER which is not a male its FEMALE as i said before and the unicorn is just a horse with a horn on its head SUKAS and look at a picture of both of the speices and which one is best
Charmed said,
July 19, 2009 at 9:41 pm
I don’t think that anyone mentioned that a Unicorn’s horn is pure luck as well:) Both creatures would be great in battle, but I would certainly pick the Unicorn over the Centaur.
BethsMomToo said,
July 24, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Well this has been discussed for almost a year! That’s got to be a record of some sort. Apparently this is still on a number of minds! I think it may be time for Tim to come up with a NEW totally meaningless challenge that has some historical or literary connection [if it's math or science, I'm out...].
macho man said,
September 7, 2009 at 9:49 am
well charmed if u were a girl u wud pike a unihorn and they cant even hold a sword
macho man said,
September 7, 2009 at 9:51 am
i changed my name as u can see
Elisabeth said,
October 21, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Sorry but whoever wrote the arguments don’t no much about unicorns. I do however agree that centaurs would be better for battle then unicorns, or even better, why not have both. Unicorns do sleep laying down, it is horses that can’t-big difference. The unicorns horn lights up in the dark (if he wants it to) therefore providing light. The unicorns horn can grow back, and the length of a unicorns horn is at the longest, 3 feet not 2. One big advantage that unicorns have is that only virgin maidens can capture unicorns and tame them. Men cannot capture nor kill unicorns, giving unicorns a big advantage over the centaurs in battle.
macho man said,
October 24, 2009 at 5:15 pm
well what if my army (if i had 1 )was a unisex goblin army and they could kill unihorns
anser that 1
plop said,
October 24, 2009 at 5:16 pm
ha ha ha
Anonymous said,
November 5, 2009 at 10:09 am
centaurs rock uincrons suck
Me said,
November 5, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Jesus christ, look, if you want an army you want to able to control it!! a virgin maiden is an easy target and she is the only one to control the unicorns. centaurs could kill th emaiden and they’d need a new one, etc, etc. and even if the maiden WASNT killed, how cud she control a whole army????
Taerie said,
December 2, 2009 at 7:36 am
Sorry. When I was an 8 year old girl. I drew centaurs. I wanted to be a centaur. I know I wasn’t unique cause my best friend drew centaurs too. So that argument is dead.