Talk:Centaur/@comment-28856683-20160615213617/@comment-27950421-20170119211912

By my understanding the giraffes that were brought back inspired the kirin, the spots were apparently reminiscent of scales when viewed at a distance and their cautious and unaggressive demeanor inspired the idea of the kirin being graceful and pacifistic. But I must admit that my knowledge of chinese myth and history is not as complete as my knowledge is elsewhere so I may be mistaken.

I do know that a hard translation of the word Kirin is Giraffe.