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There are many versions of unicorns in history around the
world.
Unicorns were first described in the western world by Greek historians.
They believed they lived in India and that they were a type of Indian
donkey. One account said that the horn was a cubit (~52.5 cm) and a
half and was red (from the blood of course), black (dried blood), and
white. Other descriptions have it akin to a rhinoceros and later a horse.
Unicorns were first described in the western world by Greek historians.
They believed they lived in India and that they were a type of Indian
donkey. One account said that the horn was a cubit (~52.5 cm) and a
half and was red (from the blood of course), black (dried blood), and
white. Other descriptions have it akin to a rhinoceros and later a horse.
http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/246/d/1/indian_unicorn_by_northwing-d2xwfm4.png
Much of what we think of as a unicorn comes from the
Middle Ages and Renaissance; things like the healing
properties of the horn and how only a virgin girl can touch it.
http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgq8u30aIJ1qbbyeoo1_500.jpg
In the East there is the Chinese Qilin and the Japanese kirin. The Qilin
is called the Chinese Unicorn but really doesn’t look like one to
westerners. It is a type of chimera with body of a tiger, head of a dragon,
scales of a fish, the tail of a lion and a horn or two. The Japanese kirin
is more deer-like than the western unicorn but otherwise similar.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JF7_IpBXKro/S8WhtW4LYEI/AAAAAAAAAIM/JKseOt52ndI/s1600/kirin+colour.jpg
For this site we will be using
variations on the western
horse-like unicorn a
nd the Japanese kirin.
horse-like unicorn a
nd the Japanese kirin. http://img.timeinc.net/time/daily/2008/0806/unicorn_0612.jpg