UnicornsAAPPL, 2006 - Всего страниц: 96 Unicorns are unique not just for their startling singular horn but because people carried on believing in them long after dragons, griffins, manticores and a host of other fanciful creatures had been consigned to myth and heraldry. Suckling covers the ancient tales and rumours that began the superstition, the wide-ranging influence of this creature, the early confusion between the mythical unicorn and the rhinoceros, its adoption as a Christian symbol; its use in heraldry, and the value of its horn as powerful medicine. |
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CONTENTS | 7 |
MYTHS LEGENDS | 15 |
UNICORNS IN THE EAST | 35 |
UNICORNS IN HISTORY | 51 |
THE UNICORN IN ART | 71 |
THE UNICORN TODAY | 90 |
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Aelian Alexander Alexander's ancient animal battle beast believed bestiary Bible Brave Little Tailor called captured chase cloven hooves colour creature's Cstesias describes dragons drinking vessels East Edward Topsell Elasmotherium elephant emblem Emperor Europe European eyes famous unicorn feet fierce forehead forest fossil unicorn gave giants Greek head heraldry Hercynian Forest HMS Unicorn India Indian rhino Invisible Pink Unicorn John Ogilby karkadann kind of unicorn King James Knight legend legendary lion and unicorn lived male Megasthenes middle monoceros moon myth narwhal tusk Natural History Nigel Suckling one-horned Oryx palace Persia Physiologus poison popular Prester Prester John Qi Lin Rainer Maria Rilke rhinoceros Rishyashringa royal rumours of unicorns Scotland seen single horn sixteenth century stag story Tailor tale tapestries tion travellers tree true unicorn Unicorn Cave unicorn entered unicorn horn Unicorn Hunt Unicorn Lady unicorn ram UNICORN TODAY Vartoman virgin wild wrote