Half-men and half horses, the Centaurs lived on Mt Pelion in Thessaly. They were violent and drunk, but also healers, and the centaur Chiron was so wise he became the teacher of many heroes like Achilles, Jason and Asclepius. Satyrs,creatures that were half men half goats with Pan as their leader but also followers of Dionysus. From their play the tragedy (=goat-song) originated according to Aristotle. Nymphs,young and beautiful female spirits of trees, water and other aspects of nature. Nymphs were lesser deities in the sense that they were neither human nor immortal.