The penguin galaxy 🐧
The penguin galaxy 🐧 guards its 🥚 NGC 2936 is an interacting spiral galaxy located 326 million light years away in the constellation of Hydra. NGC 2936 interacts with the elliptical galaxy NGC 2937, located just below it....
A centaur was a creature from Greek mythology which was half-man and half-horse
Mythical Creature in Greek Mythology ~ CENTAUR A centaur was a creature from Greek mythology which was half-man and half-horse. The head, arms and torso were human and joined at the waist to the body and legs of a horse. These creatures represented barbarism and unbridled chaos and were frequently represented in Greek architectural sculpture and pottery decoration. However, despite their bestial and lustful reputation, some centaurs were not unfavourably portrayed in myths unless they were under the effects of wine. Perhaps then they are a cautionary metaphor for the dangers we all face if we should forget our civility and lose control of our faculties. Origins The father of the race of centaurs was Centaurus, himself the offspring of Ixion who had made love to Hera, or more precisely, a cloud made by a jealous Zeus to resemble Hera. The centaurs were believed to live in the forests of Thessaly, beyond the laws of man. These mythical creatures may actually have had a basis in real...
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