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This article will focus primarily on the medieval unicorn - people can feel free to add onto this article with anything else they feel would be necissary. | This article will focus primarily on the medieval unicorn - people can feel free to add onto this article with anything else they feel would be necissary. | ||
=Overview= | =Overview= | ||
| − | The unicorn is a | + | The unicorn is a mythilogical creature commonly said to be a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse horse] with a single, spiraling horn growing from it's forehead - thus ''uni-'', meaning "one", and ''cornus'', meanin "horn". Also known as the Monocerous (''mono-" again meaning "one" and ''cerous'' menaing "horn"). |
However, the unicorn's actual appearance is quite varied. It is said to resemble a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goat kid], an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ox ox], a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onager wild ass], or a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer deer]. It is even said to resemble a hodgepodge of these animals, with the feet of a goat or deer, the body of a wild ass, and the tail of a lion. One thing is in common with all of these descriptions, however - the unicorn strongly resembles either an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equidae equus] or an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ungulate ungulate], and all have the long, magical horn known as the alicorn. | However, the unicorn's actual appearance is quite varied. It is said to resemble a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goat kid], an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ox ox], a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onager wild ass], or a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer deer]. It is even said to resemble a hodgepodge of these animals, with the feet of a goat or deer, the body of a wild ass, and the tail of a lion. One thing is in common with all of these descriptions, however - the unicorn strongly resembles either an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equidae equus] or an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ungulate ungulate], and all have the long, magical horn known as the alicorn. | ||
| − | ==The Unicorn's Horn== | + | ===The Unicorn's Horn=== |
| + | The unicorn's horn, or alicorn, is said to be the source of the unicorn's powers. It has the ability to detect and neutralize poisons, to heal the sickly and wounded, and to ward away evil. | ||
Revision as of 13:29, 17 May 2006
This article will focus primarily on the medieval unicorn - people can feel free to add onto this article with anything else they feel would be necissary.
Overview
The unicorn is a mythilogical creature commonly said to be a horse with a single, spiraling horn growing from it's forehead - thus uni-, meaning "one", and cornus, meanin "horn". Also known as the Monocerous (mono-" again meaning "one" and cerous menaing "horn").
However, the unicorn's actual appearance is quite varied. It is said to resemble a kid, an ox, a wild ass, or a deer. It is even said to resemble a hodgepodge of these animals, with the feet of a goat or deer, the body of a wild ass, and the tail of a lion. One thing is in common with all of these descriptions, however - the unicorn strongly resembles either an equus or an ungulate, and all have the long, magical horn known as the alicorn.
The Unicorn's Horn
The unicorn's horn, or alicorn, is said to be the source of the unicorn's powers. It has the ability to detect and neutralize poisons, to heal the sickly and wounded, and to ward away evil.
