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Originally posted by ohiostate416
I was wondering if there are really unicorns? I heard that they are actually the product of the devil and that they were denied entry on noahs ark. Is this true?
Originally posted by ohiostate416
I heard that they are actually the product of the devil and that they were denied entry on noahs ark. Is this true?
A farmer and a circus owner also produced fake unicorns, remodelling the "horn buttons" of goat kids, in such a way their horns grew deformed and joined in a grotesque seemingly single horn.
Originally posted by Morzikaga
The horn of the Narwhale was often sold as Unicorn horn, in the Middle Ages. I'm not sure of the origin of the horse connection, but it seems that a physical horn would certainly reinforce the tale, and allow it to perpetuate into folklore.
The horn budding bit was used for the Unicorn attraction of the Barnum and Bailey Circus some years ago.
[edit on 5-8-2005 by Morzikaga]
Originally posted by beforebc
Hello ohiostate416,
bc from Mich State] Yes in fact there are! It's an interesting story and relates to the Nascan figures.
On the side of the mountain [where you'll find the so called astronaut] you'll find dozens of animals and fish that have been carved as though in real life. Much has been done to see that no one knows of it .. but they are there none the less.
Many of the animals are bovine, and one in particular is shown with a single horn or antler. This mountain was worshipped in ancient times and is mentioned in the "The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts," as the Mansion of Life
bc
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Originally posted by Magenta
I watched a tv documentary recently about the real animals behind the mythical creatures and the unicorn was mentioned. An animal with a single horn projecting from the centre of its forehead, which is the universally accepted definition of a unicorn, was shown to be a prehistoric reality. The giant mammal Elasmotherium flourished on the Eurasian continent particularly southeastern Russia, Mongolia and northern China. It was even larger than a modern day elephant and had a single horn which grew from the centre of its forehead and measured up to two metres in length.
This real unicorn was a species of rhinoceros. It had no nose horn, but instead an immense horn on the forehead: it grew to a length of two metres. This animal was thus a `unicorn`.
It is believed that early encounters with this creature were the basis of stories about the unicorn. Over time these memories became legends which faded into myth.
en.wikipedia.org...
www.enchantedlearning.com...
[edit on 24/7/05 by Magenta]
Originally posted by GrOuNd_ZeRo
I believe there very well could have been a species of Horses that grew a horn, no magical properties though.
A Unicorn horse seems plausible enough...
Did it exist? well if they find the fossils we will know for sure...
Hobbits existed