The ability to transform one's lower body into animal forms. Variation of Hybrid Physiology and Mythic Physiology.
Also Called
- Centaur Mimicry/Physiology
- Centauroid
- Taur Form/Mimicry
- Tauric Form/Mimicry/Physiology
Capabilities
User either has the lower body of animal, or is able to transform their lower body into other animal forms. Regardless, they gain the abilities from their animal part that don't depend on the head (bite mostly) while keeping their ability to use hands. Note that there are variations who, instead of human upper-portion, have anthropomorphic version of their animal form and do have the bite.
Applications
Variations
Including but not certainly limited:
- Arachne Physiology: spider/humanoid combination.
- Bucentaur: bull/human combination, sometimes considered a version of minotaur.
- Centaur: the traditional horse/human combination, they tend to be tribal beings who are either wild party animals with berserker tendencies, nature-loving wise scholars or proud warriors.
- Enhanced Combat centaurs are notoriously rowdy.
- Enhanced Accuracy
- Equid Physiology
- Ichthyocentaur: horse/human/fish combination.
- Lion-taur/Wemic: lion/human combination, wemics are anthropomorphic. Cat-taurs can be counted to same group.
- Onocentaur: donkey/human combination.
- Equid Physiology
- Multiple Legs (can use arms to run)
- Scorpion Men Physiology: scorpion/human combination from Mesopotamian mythology, they were also known as aqrabuamelu or girtablilu.
Associations
Known Users
See Also: Our Centaurs Are Different.
Cartoons
- Centaurs (American Dragon: Jake Long)
- Lord Tirek (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
Comics
- Insect Queen (DC Comics)
- Lion-Mane (DC Comics)
- Centaurs (DC Comics)
- P'Tar the Catarian (Extinctioners)
- Taur (Gold Digger)
- Arachne (Marvel Comics)
- Ai Aipec/The Decapitator (Marvel Comics)
- Daniel Wiley Eques (Marvel Comics)
- Rynor Unitaur (Marvel Comics)
- Centaurs of Olympus (Marvel Comics)
- Centauri (Marvel Comics)
- Stallior (Marvel Comics)
- Chiron (Marvel Comics)
- Centarius (Marvel Comics)
Movies
- Empress of the Racnoss (Doctor Who)
- Nessus (Hercules)
- Cyclopean Centaur (The Golden Voyage of Sinbad)
- Mathayus/Scorpion King (The Mummy Returns)
Folklore/Mythology
- Centaurs (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Jorōgumo (Japanese Mythology)
- Onocentaur (Medieval Folklore)
- Girtablilu (Mesopotamian Mythology)
Literature
- Centaurs (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles)
- Chiron
- Centaurs (The Chronicles of Narnia)
- Centaurs (Harry Potter)
- Centaur Family Monsters (Monster Girl Encyclopedia)
- Bicorn
- Centaur
- Nightmare
- Unicorn
Manga/Anime
- Locus (Berserk)
- Neliel Tu Odelschwanck (Bleach)
- Arachnes (Monster Musume)
- Centaurs (Monster Musume)
- Brownbeard (One Piece)
- Speed (One Piece); via artifical Devil Fruit
- Ussopaka (One Piece: Mugiwara Theatre)
- Elg (Toriko)
- Riou (Zatch Bell!)
Tabletop Games
- Drider (Advanced Dungeons and Dragons)
- Scarrow/Scorpion Drider (Advanced Dungeons and Dragons)
- Centaurs (Dungeons and Dragons)
- Wemics (Dungeons and Dragons)
Video Games
- Raisa Volkova (Castlevania Lords of Shadows 2)
- Swinetaur (Darkest Dungeon)
- Cydaea (Diablo)
- Centarumon (Digimon)
- Kentaurosmon/Sleipmon (Digimon)
- Sagittarimon (Digimon)
- Centaur Warrunner (Dota 2)
- Enchantress (Dota 2)
- Spider Daedra (The Elder Scrolls)
- Centaurs (God of War)
- Lynels (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
- Centaur Man (Mega Man series)
- Motaro (Mortal Kombat)
- Shantae (Shantae: Half-Genie Hero)
- Spider Form/Drider
- Knight Mare (Skylanders)
- Chiron (SMITE)
- Centaur (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Mannoroth (World of Warcraft)