Interesting Facts about Unicorn

 

1.     Unicorns are mythical creatures. They look like horse or a goat with a horn on its forehead. But it is also compared with existed animals during medieval times.

2.      Unicorns are referred in Greek literature as Indian Wild Ass or Indian Rhinoceros. It has the body of horse with purple head and blue eyes.  Ctesias, a Greek historian wrote about Unicorns in his writing in 4^th Century.

3.      Unicorns fought with Elephants and killed them using their horn.

4.   Unicorns had a power of purifying the poisoned water with their magical horns for other animals to drink.

5.      Unicorn’s horn is called Alicorn which was taken from Wild Ox as mentioned in Bible, is safely preserved in the cabinet of curiosities in sixteenth century.

6.    Unicorn symbolizes peace, beauty, harmony and purity. Full of positivity and great good wishes.

7.    Unicorns are compared with Narwhal. Narwhal is a sea animal which also looks like unicorn and a horn on it forehead.

8.      In Ancient days they say Unicorns are trapped by woman with charm and taken to the King’s palace. There are series of seven tapestries artifact kept in Museum of Art, New York. Each Tapestry narrates how the unicorn was trapped then killed and it resurrect.

9.      In China, Japan, and Korea the Qilin beast is called as Chinese Unicorn. But Qilin don’t have horn like unicorn but it symbolizes good luck and prosperity.

10.  Unicorns and Rainbows are connected to each other. Both spreads love and happiness. It is complete an imagination that Unicorn shoots rainbow from its horn. 

“Believe in Unicorns, Magic Happens”