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The unicorn played an important role in medieval legends and fairy tales; wizards and sorceresses rode it; he killed every person who came his way; only a virgin could tame him, and then he became tame, lay down on the ground and fell asleep. In general, if you manage to catch a unicorn, you can only hold it with a golden bridle.

The elephant and the lion have long been considered the enemies of the unicorn. Whenever they met, the elephant would certainly begin to fight and, as a rule, the unicorn would be the first to rip open the elephant’s belly. The lion could lure the unicorn into a trap: fleeing from the chase, he sharply turned to the side at the very trunk of the tree, and the unicorn, unable to quickly slow down, pierced the wood with its horn, after which the lion easily dealt with the enemy.

In the writings of Christian writers, this legendary creature was mentioned as a symbol of the Annunciation (see Mystical hunt for the unicorn) and the Incarnation. In the Middle Ages, the unicorn acted as an emblem of the Virgin Mary, as well as Saints Justin of Antioch and Justina of Padua. The unicorn's horn embodied the strength and unity of the Father and the Son, and the small size of the animal symbolized the humility of Christ.

For alchemists, the swift unicorn symbolized mercury.

In Russian alphabet books of the 16th-17th centuries. The unicorn is depicted like this:

The beast is like a horse, terrible and invincible, it has a large horn between its ears, its body is copper, and it has all its strength in the horn. And when we persecute him, he will run up to the heights and throw himself down, remaining without bones. Doesn't have any friends, lives 532 years. And when he casts his horn into the sea, and from it the worm grows; and from this there is a unicorn beast. But an old beast without a horn is not strong, becomes orphaned and dies.

The horn of a unicorn (under the guise of which the tusk of a narwhal, exported by the Norwegians, Danes and Russian Pomors from the polar regions, as well as the horn of a rhinoceros and a mammoth tusk was mostly sold) was used for various products, for example, for scepters and staves, and was highly valued, especially because that in the form of grated powder it was considered a wonderful healing remedy for various diseases - from fever, epilepsy, fire (fever), from pestilence, black sickness, from snake bites, it prolongs youth and strengthens potency, and is also a remedy that protects against damage. The trade in horn cups, supposedly removing poison from food, flourished; it was believed that the poisonous liquid boiled in it. One European miniature of the 15th century depicts Saint Benedict throwing away a piece of bread given to him: the reader of that time, seeing a unicorn next to the saint, could understand that the bread was poisoned, and the saint, with the help of God, guessed it. The unicorn's horn allegedly fogged up when approaching the poison. During the Renaissance, a figurine of a unicorn was placed above pharmacies.

Buying a whole horn was only possible for very rich people or societies. Thus, Elizabeth I of England purchased the horn for 10 thousand pounds. By 1600, there were at least 12 solid horns in Europe. Ber wrote that the Moscow royal scepter, captured by the Poles during the Time of Troubles “made from a solid unicorn bone, showered with yachts, outshone everything precious in the world”. Maskevich reported in 1614 that the Poles were given two or three unicorn bones for their service in Moscow. Adam Zolkiewski was surprised to see what huge unicorn horns were in Moscow, and noted that he had never seen a whole horn in other countries, and merchants valued the Moscow horn at 200,000 Hungarian gold.

Surgical method

One-horned animals can also be obtained artificially, through surgery. This method is based on the anatomical feature of ruminants, whose horns do not grow directly from the skull, but from an outgrowth of horny tissue. In 1933, a similar operation was carried out by biologist W. Franklin Dove from the University of Maine (USA). A newborn Yorkshire calf had two horny growths transplanted into the center of its forehead, resulting in the animal growing a long, straight horn. The horn gave significant confidence to the mature bull, since the straight central horn in the form of a weapon could be used more effectively. In this regard, the mention of Pliny the Elder about a similar transplantation in ancient world, but with the opposite result: in the eleventh book “ Natural history“described a case of obtaining four horns from one growth.

Representative of megafauna

There is an assumption that the description of the unicorn reflected the trace of the extinct animal Elasmotherium - the rhinoceros of the Eurasian steppes, which lived during the Ice Age south of the range of the woolly rhinoceros; images of elasmotherium are found in cave paintings of that time. Elasmotherium somewhat resembled a horse with an extremely long horn in its forehead. It went extinct around the same time as the rest of the Eurasian Ice Age megafauna. However, according to the Swedish encyclopedia “Nordisk familjebok” and the arguments of science popularizer Willie Ley, the animal could have existed long enough to have time to get into Evenki legends as a huge black bull with one horn in its forehead.

In heraldry

It was depicted on Russian gold coins starting from the time of the Grand Duke of Moscow John III and ending with the reign of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov (starting from False Dmitry I, it was also minted on silver coins). Since 1562, a unicorn has been depicted on the chest of a double-headed eagle, along with St. George, so in this era their semantics were equivalent. The symbol of the unicorn is contained on the double-sided state seals of Tsar Ivan the Terrible: Large (from 1562) and Small (from 1571), also on the Great State Seals of the Tsars Boris Godunov, False Dmitry, Mikhail Fedorovich, Alexei Mikhailovich, on the seal of the Great Palace during the reign of Mikhail Fedorovich. A seal with a unicorn was used to seal letters from Ivan the Terrible that were of a personal nature, for example correspondence with the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery. The unicorn is also depicted on the back of the throne of the Terrible Tsar, on ceremonial axes, saddles, window frames of palaces, on the coats of arms of the Russian noble families of the Batashevs, Bonch-Bruevichs, Verigins, Kudryavtsevs, Mansurovs, Ostafyevs, Romanovskys, Strekalovs, Turgenevs, Shuvalovs, as a shield holder including yong in coats of arms of the Boltins, Ermolovs, Kozlovskys, Saltykovs, Loris-Melikovs.

In addition, it is present on the coats of arms of the cities: Lysva (Russia), Saint-Lo (France), Lisnitz (Czech Republic), Vystutis and Merkin (Lithuania), Ramos (Switzerland), Eger (Hungary), Schwäbisch Gmünd and Gingen an der Brenz (Germany), depicted in the coat of arms of the Canadian province of Newfoundland.

A pair of unicorns are shield holders in the coat of arms of Scotland, one each in state emblems Great Britain and Canada.

Today it is also found in the names and logos of some public organizations.

In art

Modern image

art

The plot of a unicorn and a virgin is common in fine arts. The most famous works are the series of tapestries of the late 15th century “The Girl and the Unicorn” (Cluny Museum in Paris) and “The Hunt for the Unicorn” (Metropolitan Museum in New York). The first series features six tapestries, five of which symbolize human feelings, featuring a girl, a unicorn and a lion. Another series consists of seven tapestries depicting the hunt, killing and resurrection of a unicorn, and its captivity.

Hieronymus Bosch in his triptych “The Garden of Earthly Delights” (c. 1500) depicted several fantastic views of the unicorn: on the left side of his triptych there are three unicorns: white, “Scottish”; brown, deer-like with a curved horn; with the body of a fish floating in a pond. Also, unicorns stand around the pond, among people and animals. One has a horn studded with short sharp spines; the other has the body of a deer, long ears and the beard of a goat, the third has an horn that splits into two branches.

Fiction

• In François Rabelais, Pantagruel contemplates 32 unicorns in the Land of Satin.
• William Shakespeare mentions unicorns in the romantic drama The Tempest.
• In Lewis Carroll's Alice Through the Looking Glass, a unicorn and a lion, symbolizing the shield holders of the coat of arms of Great Britain, fight for the crown.
• William Butler Yeats, in his book “The Unicorn of the Stars” (1908), associates the unicorn with the power of destruction, bringing renewal and rebirth.
• Rainer Maria Rilke, inspired by the series of tapestries “The Girl and the Unicorn,” wrote the poem “Sonnets to Orpheus” (1923).
• In T. Williams' play "The Glass Menagerie" (1945), the unicorn is the embodiment of the loneliness and vulnerability of the main character.
• In C.S. Lewis's The Last Battle (1954), the unicorn fights against the forces of evil and, along with other animals, is invited to heaven.
• In the story “A King Once and For All,” T. H. White describes four boys who first force the cook to become bait for the unicorn, and then brutally deal with it, although at first the intention was to leave the unicorn alive.

Science fiction, fairy tales and fantasy

• In the first Potter book by Joan Rowling, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,” the properties of unicorn blood are mentioned - any person who drinks it will be saved even from an incurable disease, but will be damned forever.
• Tracy Chevalier "The Lady and the Unicorn" (2005)
• A sacred animal, the embodiment of Order (the opposite of the Chaos Serpent) in the Chronicles of Amber series of books by Roger Zelazny.
• Nigel Suckling "The Book of the Unicorn" (1997)
• Haruki Murakami "Wonderland without brakes and the End of the World"
• Andre Norton "Year of the Unicorn"
• In the world of My Little Pony, unicorns abound.

In popular science literature

• Odell Shepard "The Teaching of the Unicorn" (1930)
• Richard Ettindausen "The Unicorn" (1950)
• Robert Riediger Beer "The Unicorn: Myth and Reality" (1972)
• Jurgen Einhorn "Spirit of the Unicorn" (1976)
• Margaret Freeman's Unicorn Tapestries (1976)

see also

Notes

Links

• Richard Psmith (Andrey Lensky) Unicorns // The best computer games. - 2009. - No. 1 (86). - pp. 184-190.
• Unicorn in the Encyclopedia of Fictional Creatures
• // Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron. - St. Petersburg. , 1906-1913.
• Tufanova O. A. The symbol of “Foreign” in “Vremennik” by Ivan Timofeev // Ancient Rus'. Questions of medieval studies. 2008. No. 2 (32). pp. 118-128.

Which are considered useful in almost all traditions. In the modern understanding, it is simply a mysterious beautiful horse with one horn. The traditional unicorn is a symbol that is represented slightly differently: with a goat's beard, a lion's tail and cloven hooves.

History of the unicorn as a symbol

Unicorns take pride of place in Greek mythology, Chinese traditions, in the art of the Indus Valley and India. Greek writers, including Pliny the Elder and Aristotle, mention them in their writings. There are at least eight references to the unicorn in Old Testament Bible.

In the art of the Middle Ages, the unicorn is a symbol of religious significance. According to legend, a beautiful maiden in the image of the Virgin Mary managed to catch this wondrous beast and tame it in such a way that the animal trustingly laid its head on her lap.

Here the unicorn is a symbol of rethinking, the incarnation of Christ, and his death was seen as the Passion of Christ. The one-horned pagan became highly valued by the church.

Unicorn magic

The unicorn is a symbol of magic. His magical powers also legendary. His horn is harder than the strongest diamond, and is capable of neutralizing poisons. And the tears of a unicorn can heal both physical wounds and sorrows of the heart. Some of them can fly and talk to all kinds of other living things. The magical unicorn is a symbol of freedom, healing and beauty. Powerful magic wands had unicorn hair at their core, and its blood could heal a person who was dying.

What does the unicorn mean as a symbol?

The legendary white horse or pony with one horn is a symbol of purity and innocence in European mythology. Only a virgin could catch and tame him. What is the meaning of the symbol?

• Protection. The unicorn is the protector and patron of all virgins. His horn has magical power healing and was a popular ingredient in medieval medicines. It was a powerful antidote and protection from evil.
• Virtue. The white unicorn is a symbol of dignity, chastity and purity.
• Love and harmony. Unicorns are associated with the light of the moon, love, harmony and understanding. In medieval Europe, this gentle creature stood in opposition to the lion, which represented the more violent solar influence.
• Another meaning of the symbol is associated with courage, strength, and sometimes cruelty.

Unicorns in heraldry

The unicorn is also prominent and significant figure in heraldic symbolism and is represented, as a rule, with a spiral horn of red, black or any other color.

The unicorn in 15th century heraldry is profiled with the tail of a lion and the hooves of a goat, symbolizing the breaking of the shackles of slavery. This was prompted by the sacred status of the unicorn in medieval times. Becoming more refined, it was associated with the attributes of Christ, the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary.

These solitary creatures personified the model of monastic life. The connection with the Holy Spirit made them a symbol of mysticism and spiritual values. In Scotland, two unicorns are depicted on the royal coat of arms; the British coat of arms displays a unicorn with a lion.

Belief in unicorns

Of all the mythical and legendary creatures, from the scaly dragon to the cunning sphinx, the unicorn has always been the most beautiful and most beloved. At the same time fierce and proud, he was noble and kind. While many magical creatures foreshadowed danger, the unicorn usually brought good luck. For many centuries, Europeans believed in its existence, as if it were a real animal that lived in a foreign country, such as India, Persia or Abyssinia. There was an opinion that it was not a magical creature, but simply a sample of foreign zoology. At present, there is hardly a person who believes in their real existence.

Description of unicorns

One day, a fragment of a description of an unknown beast was found, made by Photias, Patriarch of Constantinople (circa 810-893 AD). He's writing:

“In India there are some as big as horses or even bigger. Their body is white, their head is dark red, their eyes are bluish, and they have an elbow-length horn in their forehead. The lower part of the horn, at a distance of about two palms from the forehead, is completely white, the middle part is black, the upper part is fiery red. Those who drink from a cup made from it are resistant to convulsions, epilepsy and even poison, provided that before or after taking the poison they drank wine, water or other liquid from these cups. Their ankles are very beautiful. These animals are very strong and fast, neither a horse nor any other animal can overtake them.”

Female symbol

According to legend, the unicorn is a symbol for women. It was believed that only a chaste young virgin with pure thoughts could catch him. Often on ancient paintings and manuscripts one could see images of these noble animals along with beautiful young maidens.

Unicorn in Canada?

Mostly any mention of unicorns is associated with China, India and Africa, as well as with the gullible medieval Europe, which was characterized by belief in fairies, goblins and dragons. What do Canada and a unicorn have in common? Which country's symbol looks like a horse with one horn on its forehead? It is still located in Scotland, and it also has its own legends associated with it.

As for North America, disproportionately horned creatures lived here during the time of dinosaurs, capable of piercing several other large animals with their horns. These include the suborder Ceratopsia (centrosaurs). These creatures looked like giant rhinoceroses, which were incredibly impulsive and cruel and belonged to the Cretaceous period. As is known, more than sixty-three million years separate the last dinosaurs from primitive man. However, early fossil finds were very helpful in fueling the idea that such large fairy creatures, like dragons and unicorns, once roamed the earth.

In nature there are only two animals that possess one and the narwhal. The latter's tusk can reach 3 meters. It was truly a mythical sea horse with a horn. Found in Arctic seas, including the northern waters of Canada, the narwhal appears on a number of Canadian coats of arms. Animals, including bulls, deer, lions, griffins, unicorns - strong, fast and often ferocious - are a common practice in heraldry.

Unicorn as a national animal

Oddly enough, the official animal of Scotland is the unicorn. A fantasy character may seem like the wrong choice for a country's national animal, but that is not the case for a state that celebrates its love of a long history of myths and legends. Since the 12th century, the unicorn has been a Scottish heraldic symbol, which was present on early form Scottish coat of arms of William I.

Unicorns were worshiped by the ancient Babylonians, and written descriptions of them have been found in the texts of the ancient Persians, Romans, Greeks and ancient Jewish scholars. In Celtic mythology, the unicorn of Scotland symbolized innocence and purity. healing power, joy and even life itself, and was also seen as a symbol of masculinity and strength. During the reign of King James III (1460-1488), gold coins were introduced depicting a mythical creature with one horn.

Unicorn today

People at all times have been fascinated by all kinds of monsters and mythical creatures. This fairy-tale character is still incredibly in demand and popular today. The image of a unicorn is found in films, literature, children's fairy tales, and comics. In souvenir shops you can buy a variety of figurines, jewelry, trinkets of all types and sizes.

The fantasy animal, which looks like a horse with a horn in its forehead and has a liking for virgins, appeared not so long ago - around the Middle Ages. And it was created, invented, specifically for fairy tales, so with real world has almost nothing in common. And real unicorns, as the editors found out website, were true monsters. And our distant ancestors had the misfortune to see this personally.

Is this a unicorn?

The ancient Greeks knew for sure that unicorns lived far in the East, because they heard stories from merchants who could be trusted. Much like the descriptions of monsters from “The Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor” - in our time it has been found that almost all of them are based on real things, only exaggerated for greater entertainment for the listener. In the Middle Ages, they already tried to study unicorns, since parts of strange horns were sometimes brought from the East.

The main and most important nuance: not a single myth describes the unicorn as a slender riding horse with a beautiful horn. On the contrary, it is credited with only a resemblance to ungulates, but otherwise it is a powerful and evil monster, whose horn has deadly power. And the unicorn loves, oh how he loves to kill, and huge elephants, and stupid travelers. Since then, even unicorn figurines have been preserved, quite detailed, but they depict... a rhinoceros?

At the beginning of the 19th century, fossil remains of a creature called Elasmotherium were discovered in Russia. They were studied by the famous scientist Alexander Brandt, who, based on the location and size of the traces of blood vessels, concluded that this creature once had a horn of colossal size. Just one, but much larger than the rhinoceros. But these little animals died out about 250 thousand years ago, so none of the people could see them alive.

And then, in 2016, a skull was found in Kazakhstan that was only 29,000 years old! These are already the times of a person who is still illiterate, but already excellent at composing fairy tales. Considering that mammoths were considered exterminated by those same ancient people about 10,000 years ago, but in reality they lived in the remote corners of Siberia until their heyday Ancient Greece And Ancient China, then the fate of the Elasmotherii is worth reconsidering. The fact is that their habitat was large, and its people were not the most literate - it was their stories about the miracle beast that Europeans heard.

Elasmotherium is almost ideal for the role of the prototype of the unicorn. Judge for yourself - when you meet this beast, the first thing you see is a gigantic horn, up to 2 m long, which looks like a weapon of a warrior of the underworld. It is covered with jagged marks and the dried blood of the enemies of an animal weighing almost 5 tons and 5 m long, which at the withers is twice as tall as any person of those times. Elasmotherium really fought and killed many large and strong animals with his horn, so the myth is not a myth at all, but simply an observation of nature.

Could humans have hunted Elasmotherium? Yes and no - if they drove in even larger mammoths, then they could have dealt with an overgrown rhinoceros. Another thing is that ancient people killed mammoths because of the extreme need for food, and soon warming came, there was a lot of different food and our ancestors began to lead a much safer lifestyle. So elasmotherium unicorns could well have survived until the beginning of our era, but only in the most remote places and in extremely small quantities. By the way, this is directly reflected in the myths - a very rare animal.

Unicorns

Our bright, multifaceted world is filled with interesting animals and magical creatures. One of them is unicorns, white mythical creatures symbolizing chastity.

In appearance they resemble an ordinary white horse. But distinguishing feature in the form of a horn located on the forehead, it will not allow you to confuse it with a horse.

White Unicorn - mystical creature. His silvery luminous blood gives a person strength, success, heals the most severe wounds and prolongs life. However, a person who dares to taste the blood of a unicorn will be cursed.

"Killing a unicorn is considered a heinous crime. Only someone who has nothing to lose and who strives for complete victory is capable of committing such a crime. The blood of a unicorn saves a life, even if a person is on the verge of death... But a person will pay dearly for it. If he kills such a beautiful and defenseless creature for the sake of his own salvation, then from the moment the unicorn's blood touches his lips, he will be cursed." (With)

But the Dark Lord is not afraid of curses; he killed many unicorns in the Forbidden Forest, trying to save his life:

“A few meters away from them lay a unicorn, he was dead. Harry had never seen such a sad and such a beautiful picture. The unicorn had long slender legs and a pearl-colored mane.”(With)

According to legend, unicorns are more willing to let virgin girls approach them than anyone else. However, young golden foals, according to Professor Rake-Durg, are also boy-friendly.India is considered the birthplace of the unicorn, butIt lives everywhere in the forests of northern Europe.

In the East, the Unicorn is a symbol of magic. He is depicted as white as snow, and thus he embodies light magical powers. In the art of Feng Shui, the Unicorn is a pure, illustrious creature, the personification of honor,goodness and nobility, everything bright and beautiful in the world.He is the embodiment of strength of character and body, wisdom, love and kindness. The unicorn will bring you closer to fame and honor. It symbolizes long life, festival, splendor, joy, famous descendants and wisdom. (That’s why we love and respect unicorns).

You can only catch him if the wizard does not use magic.

Unicorn horn has the ability to neutralize poisons. In addition, daggers are made from unicorn horns. These daggers are very light, and at the same time the sharpest in the world. Wounds inflicted by these daggers heal almost instantly, so they were often used in magical rituals where blood was required. In order to get a horn, these beautiful creatures were killed, but you can take a unicorn’s horn without destroying it. To a person with with a pure heart and with their souls they allowed their horn to be taken voluntarily.The unicorn has enormous magical positive power. Unicorn hair is highly prized: it also produces excellent cores for magic wands, and excellent wound dressings.

There are several types of unicorns:

1) British unicorn – larger than all its relatives. In short, this is a horse with a horn on its forehead. The body of the British unicorn is quite powerful, and it is decorated with a magnificent silver mane and tail. British unicorns are usually pure white, with the same color, slightly silvery horn. The horn of British unicorns is quite small compared to their large body. It has the ability to neutralize any, even the most powerful poisons.

2) Indian unicorn. They are found in countries with warm climates, but the largest population is in India, which is how the breed got its name. Unlike the British, Indian unicorns are extremely graceful and small (rarely stockier ones are found). The tail of these unicorns resembles a lion's - thin, with a tassel at the end. The horn of the Indian unicorn is longer and thinner than that of the British, and is no longer white, but completely silver. The fur of the Indian unicorn is not so thick, as it lives in a warm climate. The color of these proud animals is most often white with a faint grayish-blue tint. Less common are simply white Indians.

3) Western or, as it is sometimes called, American Unicorn. This species can be called truly rare. They live in America. Spirits of the Wild West - Mustangs, wild horses - free and wayward. Western unicorns are like that too. Unlike all their brothers, they will never approach a person, and if they don’t like something, they can attack, attacking the enemy with a sharp horn. Americans are very hardy, capable of covering long distances even in the heat. It is interesting that the horn of Western unicorns is fundamentally different from those that their relatives proudly wear - they do not have most of the abilities known among the British and Indians. However, nature has endowed them with much more unusual properties. If you take the horn of the American Unicorn and spin it on the ground, it, like a compass (with only a slight difference), will point its tip to the West. The color of these unicorns is usually bay (dark brown with a black mane), less often gray or light beige. The horn is usually an "old bone" color (sandy beige).

4) Mirror unicorn. He is also called Mirror Ang. The fur of these incredible creatures fits so tightly to the body that it creates a continuous layer, and each mirror hair becomes an integral part of the entire coat. The silver horn also reflects light like a mirror. These unicorns are very clumsy creatures, although they cannot be called clumsy. They are the size of a horse. Like Indian unicorns, they live in places with a warm climate, but they love high humidity, trying to choose places to live near large bodies of water. They are especially common in Africa, along the banks of the Nile. In addition, magicians had previously encountered them at Victoria Falls. Mirror Ang's Horn is different from others in that it allows wizards to move into Parallel Worlds. During magical ritual horn on the mirrordrawa circle that becomes a “door” to another world.

5) Winged Unicorn. A cross between a British unicorn and a pegasus. In principle, it has the same properties as the Briton. The only difference is the ability to fly. The legs of this unicorn are shorter than those of its fellows, but despite this, they are powerful. This kind of mutation occurred due to the fact that long ones interfere with flight, and power is needed for take-off and pushing off the ground. Winged unicorns live in the mountains, near streams and rivulets.

Winged unicorns are not as hardy as pegasi and cannot fly for a long time. The feather from the wing of this unicorn can be used for writing, it gives inspiration (like a Pegasus feather) and helps a person remember everything, no matter what he writes. The color of Winged Unicorns varies widely, depending on the country where they live, from white to black. The horn usually matches the color of the coat.

6) Black unicorn. The fur of this unicorn is usually black with a bluish tint, and the horn is golden. The eyes are bright yellow or orange, without a pupil. They were bred a long time ago, but later began to reproduce in natural conditions, which is why they became the most common after their British and Indian relatives. They are more often found in forests and near mountain meadows, but only at night. During the day, they can sometimes be seen in dark places, away from sunlight, as it is very unpleasant for them. The black unicorn's horn is charged with great negative energy. As soon as a small particle of this horn enters the blood of any living creature, it ceases to control itself. The blood of this unicorn is used in black magic, for example, to prepare powerful poisons.

Unicorns live separately, avoiding people. But if they recognize a person, they will give their life for him: they will protect him like their own foal. Neither time nor distance can destroy the connection between a person and a unicorn.

But unicorns can also be raised in captivity. It is desirable, of course, that they have a fair amount of freedom. And they need to be looked after very well. Proper feeding of unicorns is the most important factor determining their health and performance. Lack of essential nutrients in food slows down the growth and development of young animals and worsens the physique of adult unicorns.To raise these cute animals, you also need to know the diseases to which they can be exposed in captivity. Tetanus, Grass Disease (a painful, fatal disease that affects the unicorn's nervous system), ringworm, fever, hoof inflammation and much more. Unicorns must be handled very gently and carefully, as they can undoubtedly be called very gentle and timid creatures (with rare exceptions).

Muggles consider unicorns a fiction, a myth. If they accidentally see a unicorn, they will definitely attribute what they saw to poor eyesight.

But you and I know that Unicorns exist. I myself was able to meet this wonderful creature. Sharing my impressions, I can say that unicorns have a very soft mane and wonderful eyes, in which the wisdom of generations is read...

I wish you all to see the Unicorn and enjoy wonderful communication without words.

Where did unicorns come from in mythology? Did they ever really exist?

The homeland of unicorns was India in southern Asia, where approximately 400 BC there were animals with white fur and a sharp horn on the forehead, which were called cartazons.
In China (East Asia) there were several types of mythological unicorn, of which the most popular is the ki-lin. Mentions of ki-lin date back to the middle of the 2nd millennium BC. Ki-lin has the body of a deer, sometimes a horse, the head of a lion or a deer, and the body is scaly.
Chinese mythology attributes only positive qualities to the ki-lin: it symbolizes wisdom, justice and honesty; brings good news; knows how to distinguish good from evil. Its appearance marks the birth or death of a sage.

In Rus', the first descriptions of a unicorn are found in documents of the 15th-17th centuries. It is described as having the body of a goat or horse and a long straight horn on its forehead. In Rus' they believed that this was a terrible and invincible beast, possessing magical, divine power, which lies in the horn. In Russian legends, the unicorn was often depicted in a fight with a lion, which was seen not only as a struggle for power, but also as a struggle between dark and light forces, a struggle between night and day.
IN Western Europe The unicorn was depicted as a creature similar to a horse. Initially, it symbolized courage, nobility, wisdom, but at the same time pride and rage.
Unicorns lived in places where magic was still preserved. They were rarely seen. Thousands of legends were made about their strength and nobility. Their horn possessed magical properties: was able to identify poisons and purify water, treat people from diseases and poisoning.
Even a crumb from a unicorn horn was worth ten times more than gold, so it went to noble and rich people
Unicorn like mythical creature, symbolizes chastity.
He is usually represented as a white horse with one horn coming out of his forehead; however, according to esoteric beliefs, it has a white body, a red head and blue eyes.

In early traditions, the unicorn was depicted with the body of a bull, in later traditions with the body of a goat, and only in later legends with the body of a horse. Some attributed the unicorn with elephant legs and a boar's tail, which led to the assumption that the unicorn was based on a rhinoceros. In one of the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, the unicorn has an extremely aggressive disposition, which further confirms its similarity to a rhinoceros.
Legend claims that he is tireless when pursued, but obediently lies down on the ground if a virgin approaches him. Interestingly, in Greek mythology, the unicorn was sacred to Artemis, the virgin goddess. This circumstance, together with its snow-white color, made the unicorn a symbol of virginity,