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All About Unicorns
A unicorn is part-horse, always white, with the legs of an antelope, and with a spiral horn emanating from the center of the forehead.
Unicorns are generally known as having magical powers, usually held within their horns. For this power they are sought by man. However, it is very hard indeed to catch a unicorn. They are very smart and quick, and they have their magic to help them out. These mythical white horse-like creature with golden mane and a golden horn sprouting from the head. Innocent, beautiful creatures. Tail hair and horn can be used in magic. Dark wizards have been known to kill unicorns and drink their blood; this will sustain the life of the drinker but at a grave price.
Some things about Unicorns:
- The young foals of a unicorn are initially golden, turning silver before maturing.
- It's horn, blood and hair are prized for their magical properties.
- This beautiful creature lives in forests and is difficult to capture.
- The unicorn is a symbol of everything good, pure and magical
- The unicorn's horn measures 110cm long with a diameter of 5.2cm, tapering to 2.5cm.
- Unicorns can be very elusive. They are shy, so visit with them quietly.
- The word 'unicorn' derives from the Latin unus meaning 'one' or 'singular', and cornus meaning 'horn'.
- Unicorns are majestic creatures, wild and untamed.
- Unicorns are peaceful creatures whose blood can be used to prolong life. Alas, the drinker of the blood will be reduced to a shadow of their former selves for needlessly slaying such a magnificent beast to prolong their own life.
- A unicorn is a symbol of the sacred
- Unicorns appear only in the most dire situations, and only to those pure of heart.
Unicorns not from Harry Potter
Few animals, real or imaginary, have captured the imagination as consistently as the unicorn. Ever since the single-horned creature was first described more than two thousand years ago by Greek physician Ctesias, people have written about, painted, sculpted, and hunted unicorns-all the while arguing about whether they really exist.
The unicorns described in antiquity bear only slight resemblance to the noble innocent, and pure creatures that inhabit the Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts. According to Ctesias, the unicorn was native to India. It was about the size of a donkey, had a dark red head, a white body, blue eyes, and a single horn, about eighteen inches long, extending from its forehead. White at the base, black in the middle, and flaming red at the top, the horn had a remarkable quality. When separated from its owner and made into a drinking cup, it protected all who drank from it from poisons, convulsions, and epilepsy. Such vellels were not easy to come by, however, since the speed, strength, and vicious temperament of the unicorn made it almost impossible to capture.
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