When sacred and secular meet in the public square

by Jon Mutchler The first hybrid beast I remember was the cartoon centaur Newton— the half boy/half horse creature from the 1960s cartoon series “The Mighty Hercules.” We’re all familiar with the great stone Egyptian sphinx (lion’s body/ human head). Google up “hybrid animals” and you’ll find these cross-bred oddities: the beefalo (cow/bison) the liger…