(Mosaic from Roman Tunisia, 2nd century AD) A British family named Lambert used a female centaur holding a rose in her left hand as a
heraldic device, and depicted this figure in their monuments. However, they were unable to establish official authority for these arms, and in the eighteenth century changed them to a male centaur holding a bow. In
Walt Disney's film
Fantasia,
Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony is illustrated with scenes from Greek mythology, in which male and female centaurs, referred to by the studio as "centaurettes", feature prominently. The centaurettes appear in various situations, some of which depict them affecting the mannerisms of fashionable women in 1940. The centaurettes are shown in a variety of colours other than human skin tones, including blue, and were originally drawn bare-breasted, but applying the
Hays code, the
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America forced the animators to cover their breasts with garlands. Changing attitudes toward racial stereotypes in the 1960s led to the cutting of scenes depicting black centaurettes waiting on the others. The song
Witch Of The Westmoreland, originally sung by
Barbara Dickson on the folk album
''From The Beggar's Mantle'', features a benevolent witch, described in the song as "[o]ne half the form of a maiden fair/And a jet-black mare's body." Since the late 2000s, as a part of the
monster girl trend in Japan, female centaurs have appeared in several Japanese
anime and
manga such as
Monster Musume and ''
A Centaur's Life''. == See also ==