Garei The Picture Ghost

Garei-The Picture Ghost-

Good evening my dear friends & followers I hope you enjoy the music I have added a few new pic's to my music box. I always have a check on it now and then to make such none of the music has been taken off. It does happen more often then not. And I do check on my video's post once a month because I know that I find a few of the video's taken off and I always try to either replace or at least take off the ones that are not in use. So I do care for you all and keep up the blog my dears. Its getting close to video check so I will have to take a day for that...
For a few more posts before the month of June is out, I thought you might like the legend of the
Garei -the Picture Ghost... It is a very old Urban legend I believe from Japan... Sadly I could only find one drawing of the legend of the Garei the Picture Ghost... 
The tale was told in ancient times a very long time ago, when there was a dilapidated folding screen with the portrait of a woman holding her infant child. The screen was the property of the
Kanju-ji-temple in Kyoto, where it was kept buried away in a storehouse. One day there was a request that came from a retainer of the Samurai Honamiden to borrow the dilapidated folding screen with the portrait of a woman holding her infant child upon it. Sadly on the part of the Samurai, he thought is was nothing more than a worthless nuisance, however the temple was only too happy to comply with the request. The priests sent Honamiden to retrieve the screen from the old storehouse with all due haste. Even though the folding screen was very old and neglected, the painting upon it was still very beautiful & Honamiden proudly put the Folding screen on display in his home. Not knowing the history behind the mysterious woman and her young infant within the  painted, Honamiden had no idea that he would have ghostly happening that very night he brought it into his home. But that very night, there were many reports stated coming from a mysterious woman who appeared in the vicinity of Honamiden's manor. The woman was quite beautiful and was reported as carrying a small infant child. The unknown woman appeared every single night & she wandered on the grounds of the manor. Finally, Honamiden had one of his servants follow the woman, to see what the ghost does? He watched the ghostly woman as she entered his home, and gasped as she suddenly disappeared while standing in front of the ancient screen painting.
Upon seeing this, Honamiden returned the screen to Kanju-ji as quickly as possible, mentioning 
nothing of the mysterious woman or the incident that he just saw.
A beautiful picture was one thing, but he didn't need to attract strange spirits too.
Now, that same mysterious woman began to appear around the Kanju-ji temple.
Suspecting the painting was the origin of this apparition, a clever servant place a piece of paper over the head of the woman in the painting, hoping it would stop the strange ghostly spirits too.
Well, that evening when the ghostly woman was seen her head was covered by pieces of paper this time. So it work to some extend.
So Kanju-ji assembled some artists to investigate the painting, to see what is going on with this spiritual screen ghostly woman that comes out of it at night. The artists all agree it was the work of the artist Tosa Mitsuoki , very important work at that time.
Sadly the artist Tosa Mitsuoki was dead, and there was no way of knowing the history behind the woman in the painting, but the artist all agreed that it was a shame that such a valuable painting was allowed to degenerate to such poor conditions.
Once it was heard, that Kanju-ji had the screen commissioned to be restored to its former condition and then properly displayed, the mysterious woman never appeared again.
As far as this tale Garei the Picture Ghost, some have said it comes from the Fujiwara Ietaka's Monogatari-落栗物語-Tales of Fallen Chestnuts, is thought to be written sometime in the 1820's.
This tale of the Garei the Picture Ghost is build on the idea that certain works or craftsman are able to infuse some of their own soul into their art. And their art takes on a life force of it own...
This tale serves as a cautionary from the artist with a definite moral too! treat your works of art with respect, or they will come out and haunt you to the end of your times. Which probably is what happened to Tosa Mitsuoki ,the artist who did the painting originally. Tosa might have been  haunted by his painting so he tried to hide his painting, by buried it away in a very old storehouse so no one would ever find it. No one will ever know if it work or if the artist was haunted to death by the beautiful woman in the painting. Yokai researcher, Oda Kokki identified the Garei-Picture Ghost as a type of Tsukumogami.

Which is a belief in Japan that household objects can gain life after 100years. It is said that the Tsukumogami spirit will slowly gain life as human's infuse them with small pieces of their motive energy over the century. They tend to be house hold objects like that of a tools, instruments, containers etc... I did a post on the Japanese Tsukumogami-Spirit if you would like to check It out just check out this link - http://wendyjargonncom.blogspot.com/2016/06/japanesetsukumogami-spirit.html

This way you don't have to go to my labels to look for it...
I hope that you all enjoyed another urban legend of Japan, I love them myself... I hope you all have a lovely evening ...
Good night for now..love you all my dears Wendy🎶🎶❤💖💖💖☺☺😁😁😛💖💖💖

Sphinx

Sphinx-

Good morning my dearest friends and followers. Today I am going to bring you all into the world of  ancient times of the Mythology creature of the Sphinx in Greece. The Sphinx was one of the
the most famous Mythological Creatures of its times both in Egyptian Mythology & Greek Mythology. However, unlike that of the Greek Sphinx which is an female Creature. In the Egyptian Sphinx is typically a male creature. In Greece the sphinx has a lions body and a females head. In tradition they are launched as a lion with the wings of a very large bird and the face and the breasts of a woman. She is mythicized as treacherous and merciless. It is said that those who cannot answer her riddles will suffer a fate typical in the evil monster type dragons who love riddles too-in those tales if you don't answer the riddle correctly the dragon will kill and eat you. Apparently just like that of the mythicized female Sphinx too if you don't answer her riddles you could have the same faith by being killed, eaten by a changed ravenous monster. Some have said that the Sphinx is to have guarded the entrance to the city of Thebes of Greece. Which anyone to enter the city would have to ask a riddle to obtain passage. As to the exact riddle the Sphinx would ask, it was never the same or not ever specified. So this could be one of the reason the Sphinx got more of a reputation of being a ravenous monster.

Another mythology lore was that Hera or Ares, who sent the Sphinx from her Ethiopian homeland-Even though the Greeks always remembered the origin of the Sphinx to be Thebes in Greece to have Sophocles to write this in his writings & history's most famous riddle of the Sphinx too:
'Which creature in the morning goes on four feet, at noon on two, and in the evening upon three?'
The Sphinx would strangled and devoured anyone who was unable to answer: Oedipus solved the riddle by answering-'Man-who crawls on all fours as a baby, then walks on two feet as an adult, and walks with a cane in old age'...
However, the tale doesn't end with answering the hardest riddle. Upon Oedipus solving the riddle the Sphinx threw herself from her high rock and died. I guess the mythology creature couldn't live with the fact that a human or god had solve her most unsolved able riddle. There were other version to the tale which in my own opoion is hard to believe that a great mythology beast would do-that is 'Devouring herself. Maybe it was another way of death.

The Sphinx was an ancient Egyptian divinity, who personified wisdom, fertility and nature. She is also represented as a lion-body, with the head and bust of a woman. It wears a peculiar sort of hood which completely envelops her head and falls down on either side of her face.
The Sphinx is represented according to the Greek genealogy as the offspring of Typhon and Echidna. The Goddess Hera upon one occasion displeased with the Thebans, sent them the Sphinx this awful monster as a punishment for their offences. So later the Sphinx took her seat on a rocky eminence near the city of Thebes, commanding a pass which the Thebans were compelled to traverse in their usual way of business, she propounded to all comers a riddle and if they failed to solve it, she tore them in pieces. During the reign of the King Creon, so many people had fallen a sacrifice to the monster Sphinx, that the King Creon determined to use every effort to rid
the country of this beast. So on consulting the oracle of Delphi, the King Creon, he was informed that the only way to destroy the Sphinx was to solve one of her riddles. If this happens she would immediately precipitate herself from the high rocks on which she was seated to her death. So King Creon made a public declaration to take effect that whoever could give the true interpretation of a riddle propounded by the monster, should obtain the crown and the land of his sister- Jocaste. So as the tale goes, Oedipus offered himself as a candidate for the task.
Oedipus proceeded to the spot where the Sphinx kept guard, to receive her riddle-but of course Oedipus new that answer' . The Sphinx said, 'What creature goes in the morning on four legs, at noon on two and in the evening on three?" Oedipus replied, That it must be man, who during his infancy creeps on all fours, in his prime walks erect on two legs, and when old age has enfeebled his powers calls a staff to his assistance and thus has as it were three legs.'
The moment that Oedipus finished his answer the Sphinx no sooner heard his reply, which was correct, after that she flung herself over the precipice and perished in the abyss below.

I hope you all find the post interesting my dear friends and followers. Your friend always Wendy

 

KITSUNE OF JAPANESE FOLKLORE

Kitsune of Japanese Folklore-

Good afternoon my dearest friends & followers, I just thought I would do some catching up
on my posting. I missed a few days from trying to fix my window10 and a few other things but
I have some time today. It is so hot today 91degrees+ so I am staying inside by a fan trying not to get that migraine that I woke up with...So today we are going to the Japanese folklore of the Japanese foxes. I have found these creatures very interesting because when my son was between 12 and 14. he was very much into the trading cards of the Japanese type and the Japanese film with the nine tail.
However, this post is all on the true folklore of what the Japanese folks believe on the Kitsune believe. The kitsune can have up to nine tails, depending on the age of the fox, its wisdom and power. The only way to kill a kitsune is to cut off all of its tails, as it is said that one of the tails is his main tail which is the source of all its power. Not knowing which tail is the main one, sine basically they all look the same, one would have to cut off all its tails to kill the Kitsune. In the tale of the Kitsune of Japan the fox has up to One, Five, Seven and the most common is the Nine tails in the folklore tales. It is said that when a Kitsune gains its ninth tail its fur becomes either white as snow or shimmering gold. Another power that the Kitsune will gain is becoming a shapeshifter and will usually reach the age of 100+years old. It learns the ability to take a human form as it gains wisdom and power from its last ninth tail. So basically a fox has to live up to a Hundred years before he can become a Kitsune and then gain the powers of shapeshifting form a fox to human and back again. It is also said that the kitsune can duplicate other human beings if they wish. Meaning they can take the look of any human that they wish too. Which could be very creepy. And this could bring out a dark side of the Kisune I have heard. The Kitsune can be either male or female.
However, the Kitsune will usually take the form of a young Japanese girl, These men and women are

said to be very beautiful women and older men. Also the Kitsune are believed to possess superior intelligence, long life and magical powers too! The Kitsune is said to be a type of spiritual entity, which is often translated as fox spirit. However this doesn't me that the Kitsune is a ghostly spirit nor do they act like a normal spirit or ghost. They are fundamentally are a different form or a regular fox. It is said too, that all long-lived foxes with the Kitsune spirit within them gain supernatural abilities.
There are two very common kitsune classifications in the Japanese folklore of the kitsune spirit. 
The zenko- 善狐-which literally means good foxes. These zenko are truly a benevolent, celestial foxes that are associated with the God Inari. These foxes are sometimes called simply the Inari Foxes. On the other hand, The yako-野狐-meaning literally field foxes, also nogitsune. These spirit foxes tend to be mischievous or even malicious. There are other type of Kitsune foxes - like that of the ninko which is an invisible fox spirit that human beings can only perceive when it posseses them. 
It would seem that there are up to thirteen traditional Kitsune which all have the supernatural abilities when in the kitsune form. 
Physically the kitsune are noted for having as many as nine tails-these kyubi no kitsune- 九尾の狐- 
nine-tailed foxes which gain the abilities to see and hear anything that happens anywhere in the entire world.
The thirteen different kinds of the Kitsune each correspond with a element-

Here is a list of the many different kinda kitsune in japan folklore:
1-Heaven or Celestial Kitsune
2-Void or Dark Kitsune
3-Wind Kitsune
4-Spirit Kitsune
5-Fire Kitsune
6-Earth-Kitsune
7-River Kitsune
8-Ocean Kitsune
9-Mountain Kitsune
10-Forest Kitsune
11-Thunder Kitsune
12-Time Kitsune
13-Sound Kitsune
One of the most important things to a Kitsune is their FREEDOM. Another important thing about these interesting creatures of Japan is they don't fare well being locked away or being forced to do something they don't want to do. If you were to do any of the above things to a kitsune would most likely get you killed if you don't free them- even after that you never know about these creatures they may still decided to eat you. The kitsune also love to play tricks on humans, like taking things from people & hiding them so that they never find their stuff.

So basically the Kitsune loves to do anything to piss humans off. Kitsune have their own thing too! These are called Kitsune balls or the star balls, which is a small white-gold ball. I happens to be the kitsune most prized possession-since it's basically their life force in a magical ball.
If you as a human get your hands on a Kitsune's star ball, you would have the ability to control the Kitsune and make the creature do your bidding. There is a cost if you do happen to get a hold of the Star Ball of the Kitsune's. Why? its because as I have said above in these post, the Kitsune hate being stripped of their freedom. So when and it is when creature Kitsune gets their star ball back, it could be a very serious repercussions for the person who took it from the Kitsune. There are some tales about the Kitsune that have difficulty hiding their tails when they take their human form; It is said you might beable to see the Kitsune as in their human form if the fox get drunk. 

This is the most common method of discerning the creature of it true nature. Yet you must be very careful that it doesn't realize that is what you are doing. There are also different foxlike traits in a kitsune, such as their coat of either fine hair, a fox-shaped shadow or a reflection that shows their true form. Another way to tell it they are a 'Kitsune-gao or Fox-faced which refers to the human females who have a narrow face with close set eyes, thin eyebrows & high cheekbones. Basically all of these traits if a woman human has it is showing it Kitsune that is inside them. It would seem that in the Japanese tradition these facial structures are considered attractive, so some of the tales ascribe it to the foxes in human form. 
I found a few interesting facts about the Kitsune:
1-They have a fear & hatred of dogs, even which in human form. Some Kitsune can become so rattled by the presence of a dog, that they'll revert to the shape of a fox to escape.
2-Some folks that are particularly devout individuals, may be able to see through a fox's disguise automatically.
There is one historical story within the Japanese Kitsune that was about the imperfections that are in the kitsune's humane form. His name was Koan and he was credited with wisdom and magical powers of divination. At least that is what the tale says... Apparently the tale of Koan was staying at his home of one of his devotees when he scaled his foot entering a bath because the water was too hot. Out of enormous pain, Koan ran out of his bathroom naked. When the folks of the household saw koan, they were astonished to see that Koan had fur covering much of his body, along with a fox's tail. Apparently Koan had transformed himself in front of all without knowing it because he was in so much pain. He become a elderly fox running away.

There are other supernatural abilities that the Kitsune which are more dangerous to humans such as generating fire or lighting from either their mouths or fox tails. Another magick ability is to willfully manifest in dreams of others, flight, invisibility, and lastly they can create illusions that are so elaborate as to be almost indistinguishable from reality. Some other tales speak of the kitsune with even greater powers-Like the ability to bend time and space. Drive people mad or even take fantastic shapes such as a tree of incredible height or a second moon in the sky. Other been known to have characteristics that of vampires or succubi and will feed on the life or spirit of human beings. This generally only happens through sexual contact.
An few more interesting facts about the Kitsune of Japan.
Their real name - Kitsunetsuki-狐憑き-means the state of being possessed by a fox. The victim is always a young woman, whom the fox enter beneath her fingernails or through her breasts. In some cases, the victim's facial expressions are said to change in such a way that they resemble those of a fox. Another tradition that holds to fox possession can cause illiterate victims to be temporarily gain the ability to read. It would seem that Kitsune was measured as a illness. In the very early Heian period in Japan it was very common to diagnosis it as a mental illness up to the early 20th century. In the late century of Japan, there was a Doctor by the name of Shunichi Shimamura that noted that physical diseases that caused fever were often considered Kitsunetsuki. In the ancient past, when such gentle measure failed or a priest wasn't available for an exorcism to drive the fox out, the victims of Kitsunetsuki were beaten or badly burned in hopes of forcing the fox spirit to leave.

Over the years into the 21th century the belief has lost most of the strength it use too. However, the stories of fox possession still appears in the tabloid press and popular media at times. One notable occasion involved allegation that a member of the Aum Shinrikyo cult had been possessed. It is also a long belief that the condition symptoms include cravings of rice or sweet red beans, listlessness, restlessness and aversion to any eye contact. There are a few good aspects being possessed by a kitsune, that is if their human being host treat them with respect. What the kitsune might do, is use their magic to give a long live, protection, knowledge to the human host live without illness. Another interesting story was in the 12th century, which tells of a minister that moved into an old mansion only to discover a family of foxes living there. At first he tried to scare the family of foxes away, then claimed that the house 'has been ours for many years, and...we wish to register a vigorous protest. The minister refused and the foxes resign themselves to moving to another abandoned lot nearby. Lastly the Kitsune are commonly portrayed as lovers, usually in stories involving young human males and a Kitsune who takes the form of a human woman. In most cases the Kitsune may be a seductress. These stories in the Kitsune are usually in romantic nature. What happens in the lover verses the kitsune, the young man unknowing marries the fox, who proves as a devoted wife at first. However, over the years of marriage the kitsune has a harder time keeping her kitsune hidden from her husband. Her husband eventually discovers the fox's true nature, and the fox-wife is forced to leave him. In some cases the husband may wakes as if he was in a bad dream, when he wakes he is filthy, disoriented and far from home. Sadly he must then return to confront his abandoned family in shame all do to the kitsune.

Many stories tell of fox-wives bearing children. When such progeny are human, they possess special physical or supernatural qualities that often pass to their own children..

I hope you enjoyed the post on the Kitsune, I found it to be very interesting.

I love you all my dear friends and followers

your friend always

Wendy

AFANC MAGICK CREATURE

Afanc Magick Creature of Wales-

Afance Creature of Wales

Good afternoon my dearest friends & followers. For today post I am going to bring you to the world of Welsh folklore. This creature lives in the lakes of wales & is descripted many different ways in the Welsh folklore they say...
Some say the creature could be a dwarf, beaver, crocodile and even sometimes said to be
a demon. However, the favorite of the Welsh is depicted as a large frog with claws on all limbs. The Afanc will sometimes have magick powers and have been known to be able to speak Welsh too. It is said the afanc was a monstrous creature that would prey upon anyone that was foolish enough to fall or to swim in the lakes which are warned not to swim in. The most common tale that surrounds the Afanc creature, is a town that was plagued with these carnivourous creatures at a enormous scale. So much so that the people of wales had to resolve it only if they couldn't kill the Afanc's creatures but that to was impossible. So they came up with one solution if they can't kill these carnivourous creatures, they shall take them to another lake away form them. Sounds impossible Eh! well, what they did was is employ the Afanc's one and only weakness. This happens to be a beautiful woman who can lure the Afanc to sleep upon her lap. After she has done this, the villagers then bind the Afanc with magical chains & use two oxen to drag the creature across to the next lake that they found where no-one will be harmed.

The brave woman, has many tales on of these relates after the creature was bound in chains & awakened it was furious. It was enraged and was thrashing  & crushed the maiden in whose lap it still lay. Another version was that the poor maiden breasts were bitten off. Still after much effort the beast was finally dragged off the poor maiden to the lake Cwm Ffynnon. As for the names or who these young maidens were that gave their lives for this task, it was never reviled. I could only guess that they might be maidens of poor villages that would say it would be a honor for their daughter to save the town or entire villages for their daughter sacrifice . I think a lot of that kinda thing happened in those ancient times of wales, Scotland and England too.

Besides the Lake Cwm Ffynno the Afanc is said to live in a number of different lakes in Wales such as Lake llyn, Lake Llion, Lake Llyn Barfog, & Lake Llyn-y-Afanc which bares its name. As I have said above too there are many tales that involving the creature Afanc. It is described as a fearsome beast, which kills and eats its victims who enters or falls near its watery domain. The Afanc can also cause flooding and mass drowning in the areas they live too. I hope you found the creature of Wales, the Afanc interesting .. I hope you all have a wonderful day

Much love and kindness to you all

Your friend always ....Wendy

The Jade Palace-

The Jade Palace-

The Jade Palace

Good Afternoon my dearest friends & followers I am so glad that you all have been enjoying my post these pass few months. And that you like to come and visit my humble blog. Without you all I would be able to stay here. For my next tale I found in many of my favorite dragon books-this tale about the Jade Palace is very ancient so it was very difficult to find an image for you. I did find some that were with the Disney story with the Panda Bear 1-2 & now 3 in the theaters. However I wanted to find something that had to do with the true Jade palace. After looking for about an hour I did find a few that I will share with you along with the tale. I hope that you enjoy the story. Wendy.

'The Jade Palace'

'In ancient china, there was a palace that was built entirely of Jade. Surrounding the Jade Palace was five cities. There was one centre city that surrounded all the other four cities and the Jade Palace too! Around the Jade Palace you can see an range of twelve towers that have nine gates between them on each side of the towers. There were also nine rings of smaller mountains that surrounded the Kunlun Mountain like it was the palace city walls.

It is said that the Kunlun Mountains are a haunted monsterious abyss, that also contains the Ruoshi River. This Ruoshi River is very usual water, meaning it was crimson in color. What this meant in those ancient times was that not even a feather would be able to float upon the usual fast moving crimson river. Hence it was often said that the only way for an mortal to reach Mount Kunlun was to ride on the back of a Dragon.

Hence then he or she could go beyond the abyss which was rings of fiery mountains which burned day and night. Also there was huge lighting clouds that burst over head. The cliffs of Kunlun were so steep that only the craws of a dragon could climb the mountain of Kunlun. To the northeast of Jade mountain was the beautiful Peach Garden. In this Peach Garden was an latter, so one could climb up into the heavens above. This is what the Yellow Emperor would do often, to refresh his spirits by visiting the enchanting Peach trees within the Garden.

Inside this amazing garden which was tended by Xiwangmn, the

Queen Mother of the West, a beautiful but often wild & capricious Goddess. The Queen mother's garden contains very special everlasting peach trees which bloom only every 3,000 years to bear its magick fruit. The Chinese Goddess/Queen Mother of immortality. In her Magical orchard of Peaches, she grows the most fragrant peaches that they can be smelled from miles away. It is said that her peaches has the power to bring peace to those who can smell them & if one is so lucky to get ahold of these magical peaches, it will grant you immortality. Just one of the Queen Mother's Peach Trees will bear fruit every 3,000 years [which takes another 3000 years to ripen]. When the Queen Mother Peach Trees are ready, it is usually held with a great feast to celebrate her birthday. At the time, all that were invited were all the immortals of the Gods to share her peaches of renewing their spirits. Also the Goddess/Queen Mother would make a very special drink of an

elixir from her magic peaches to renew their immortality. Well, this is the true story of what they might of

basic the Panda Disney movies on... I am not sure so don't quote

me on that. But there is a lot of similarity to both tales.

I hope you enjoy the tale.

Love you all my dear friends and followers

Your friend always

WENDY

CENTAURS

Centaurs-

Good Morning my dears, And welcome to my humble blog. Today we are going into the Magick World  of the Centaurs. The Centaurs lived in a region called Pelion in Magnesia, a coastal region in Central Greece. They can be either female or male.They have a head, torso and arms of either a man or woman & the body and legs of a horse. Centaurs are very large in size. However, the Male Centaur is much larger than the female Centaur. As I have said earlier the Magick Centaur are part human part horse beings. First I thought I would give you a bit of history of the Centaur, then I will go into the myth's of the Magical Creature of the Greeks. Centaurs are said to be the children of Ixion and Nephele. The tale kinda goes like this...Ixion fell in love with Queen Hera, and tried to rape her, but she reported his to her husband the King Zeus, who decided to test his wife's testimony to him. For this purpose, the God Zeus made a Cloud resembling the Queen Hera. Zeus laid the Cloud that look like like Hera beside Ixion to see what he would do. So when Ixion awaken seeing Hera beside him and then started to go around the kingdom boasting that he had enjoyed the company overnight of the Queen Hera. This of course didn't sit well, with the all powerful Zeus who bound Ixion to a large wheel, on which he is whirled into the winds by Zeus. The cloud, that Zeus made of Hera that lay beside his wife and queen gave birth to the Centaurs when Zeus consorted with the Magnesian Mares, the Centaurs were born. However, Diodorus said at the time that the Centaurus were the sons of Apolo and Stilbe, daughter of the River God Peneus. The Thessalian river flows from the foot of Mount Pindus and Creusa. There is another version or saying about the CENTAURS thus we are 'Like the Mother below, the Father above'. There are others that say the Centaur was born directly from the Cloud that Zeus created. From that tale in Greek times, there is also Greek

Mythology where it is said that the Centaurs had one father known with the name Ixion, who was one of Ares sons. Ixion killed the father of his wife, but Zeus took pity on him and forgave his acts after some time. However, in order to do so, as I had said above Zeus had to test him. As a result of the test he failed as he tried to seduce the Queen Hera and mating many others in the Kingdom of Gods. Resulting in the making of many of his Children that they Called Centaurs. Others say that the Centaurus mated with the Magnesian Mares. One never really knows, how these amazing creatures came about so many Centuries ago.
Centaurs-
Good or Bad Reputations in
Greek History-
It would be a huge mistake if I didn't go into the history of the Centaurs. You see not all centaurs were good in the day of the Greeks. Some of them were very bad others were very good. The Good Centaurs that were actually pretty famous in the Greek Mythology and History. These Centaurs aimed to find harmony in Nature. The first on of these Centaurs was Cheion, who was a scholar who loved harmony in nature, learned many things about medicine within nature, the arts, philosophy and the liberal Arts too. Cheion also learned about disciplines and the sciences that were usually irrelevant with the Centaurs.

The First and most Beloved

Centaur Cheion

However Cheion was very different than most Centaurs. He was mostly know as the tutor of the God Apollo. Also as a advisor to many people and deities such as Peleus was Cheion whom he also advised t marry the Goddess Thetis. Although the Goddess was resisting the wedding at first, she decided to marry Peleus and gave birth to the Hero Achilles.
The Second Known Good Centaur
was Pholos-
Pholos happened to be a friend of Heracles. Pholos allowed
Heracles to stay with him and gave him a grand feast in his fancy cave. In this cave Heracles asked for wine and the best food; And of course Pholos opened his Jars of his Best wine for his friend Heracles, however the two friends had no idea they were being watch by hundreds of jealous drunk wild Centaurs who wanted all that Pholos was giving to the God Heracles. Besides they could smell the wine and food being that they were have beast. So when the Centaurs though the timing was just right about a hundred of them attacked the two friends inside the cave, where they were just sitting and realizing, enjoying their company and the fine feast and good wine. Also celebrating their friendship with each

The beloved Cheiron at the

Gods Kingdom asking to died

other. The battle was ferocious and many of the centaurs and humans men were either killed or injured. On of the main Centaurs that was seriously hurt was their beloved Cheiron. He was so badly wounded that he wished to die even though he was immortal. It was a very sad day in the Kingdom of the Gods - Prometheus Heard the cries of the Beloved Cheiron and then offered him to die and gave him his immortality. Indeed the Centaur did died laving Prometheus being eternally alive. A gif that shows the kindness of Cheiron soul even at his death bed, surrounded by people that loved him dearly. There were only a few images to pick from the death of Cheiron however, I hope I pick the the most graces one I could find, for the most special and kindle Centaur of all time.
Now as for the Second known Good Centaur named Pholos. I am sorry wasn't able to find any photos, drawings, painting of any kind in the Greek Mythology. I don't really understand that but there wasn't much written about him either so who is to say what is the truth about this Centaur named Pholos. All that I do know about this Centaur Pholo is and what he is most famous for is the Centauromachy, which means to the Centaurs of the bad nature. So I guess he wasn't the most kindle of sort of Centaur like that of our honor Cheiron - I am guessing? You see they or Pholos and his Centaurs had grand wars against the Lapiths. This is not a Good quality in my opoion, its more of a bad one. It would seem that the Centaur Pholos and others in his group attempted to Carry off the Hippodamia& and the rest of the Laith besides the Wars between the Lapiths& the

Centaurs. The Centaurs with the Bad reputation, were said to be extremely heavy drinkers of wine and were usually depicted as beasts. Probably because they were so unpredictable and wild. Some of the Centaurs would often be so drunk& violent, they would eat raw flesh while drinking too much wine. These Creature also had a very bad reputations in Greece as being extremely violent towards women and other people but mostly women both human and their own. It is said that there were numerous myths and stories about centaurs violating women in the Greek mythology. One of these tales  refers to a Centaur by the name of Nesus who tried to rape Heracles wife Deianeira.
However, Deianeira, not only managed to defend herself from the Nesus Centaur but she was also able to kill the centaur too! In the last moments before his death, Nessus tried to excuse himself and gave the wife Deianerira a love drug that she used to seduce her husband Heracles. However, one should never trust a Centaur that is trying to rape you from a God son. The love drug was actually poison a very strong and painful one. Heracles had suffered so terribly from this poison that he decided to throw himself into the flames to die rather than to suffer the agony. of the effects of the poison. [note I really don't know what happened after that if what was the end of our beloved hero Heracles.] As for more history on the Centaurs, they were thought to carry bows & arrows and had very short tempers. I don't know if this was with both male and female of just the male after drinking to much. Also most Centaurs are said to be Good. And work against Evil. Its just a few fallen ones that fall between the cracks . So there you have the history of the Centaurs both good/bad. At the end of this post I will put a few of the images that I did find which I hope you all will enjoy. 

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WENDY