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The Unicorn (from Latin ''unus'' 'one' and ''cornu'' 'horn') is a Legendary Creature . Though the modern popular image of the unicorn is sometimes that of a horse differing only in the horn on its forehead, the traditional unicorn has a billy-goat beard, a lion's tail, and cloven hooves - these distinguish him from a horse. Coincidentally, these modifications make the horned ungulate more realistic, since only cloven-hoofed animals have horns. Marianna Mayer has observed (''The Unicorn and the Lake''), "The unicorn is the only fabulous beast that does not seem to have been conceived out of human fears. In even the earliest references he is fierce yet good, selfless yet solitary, but always mysteriously beautiful. He could be captured only by unfair means, and his single horn was said to neutralize poison." UNICORNS IN ANTIQUITY A one-horned animal (which may be just a with mention of unicorn seals] Seals with such a design are thought to be a mark of high social rank. Site with slide show about unicorn seal An animal called the ''n art in profile, with only one horn visible. The translators of the King James Version Of The Bible (1611) employed ''unicorn'' to translate ''re'em'', providing a recognizable animal that was proverbial for its un-tamable nature. : : ''Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? Canst thou bind the unicorn with band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?'' : : ''He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.'' : : ''...he hath as it were the strength of a unicorn'' statue of a unicorn]] |
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