Unicorns are mentioned a whopping 8 times in the Bible. Credit: Wikimedia Commons The Word of GodĮxplorers were not the only ones to write about these horses with a single horn. A mosaic floor created of the re’em in 1213 at the Basilica of San Giovanni Evangelista. Obviously, this guy was not the most honest person, or he was taking second-hand accounts from local testimonies. He also included another creature called a manticore, which was a lion with a human head. A man named Bernhard von Breydenbach wrote the latest known record of an apparent unicorn sighting in 1486. In many cases, they were probably talking about a Rhinoceros. Several explorers from India were looking for unicorns, and many of them claimed that they actually managed to spot one, but all of their accounts of the animal were vastly different from one another. Since unicorns are really just white horses with horns, their existence was actually very believable for most people, compared to a giraffe. But for people in the past who were looking at drawings of the animal, it was hard to believe a horse-like-creature could exist, or that it really had such a long neck that it could eat the leaves from the top of trees with a long tongue. So of course, it’s easy to believe they are real.
In modern times, everyone has grown up going to a zoo and seeing a giraffe in person, or they at least have the opportunity to see it on TV. One perfect example of that was a giraffe. But back then, people thought some of these animal species were so insane-looking, they refused to believe they existed. The vast majority of the animals in these books were real. They did not just naively fall for claims of fantastic creatures. However, people were skeptical, even back then.
They published books and travel journals that explained the new species of animals that they spotted on their trip. Other times, royals purchased horns that were taken from narwhals.Īt the time, explorers would return from their journeys to India and other far-off lands. So it was essential for royalty to have cups made out of what they believed to be unicorn horn, but it was usually really ivory from elephants, imported from India. Some even believed that the magical horns would help people live forever. People believed that they could take poison out of liquid. Wild, Weird, and WonderfulĮlizabeth I, Henry 8th, and Charles 9th all owned unicorn horns…At least, they thought they did. But did this animal ever really exist? Was it hunted out of existence like the Dodo bird, or was it truly a figment of someone’s imagination? From a tapestry called “The Lady and the Unicorn”. Even well-educated members of royalty purchased what they believed were unicorn horns, and scientists have treated the possibility of their existence very seriously in the past. This legend was enough to inspire people to hunt for this elusive creature for centuries. Their horns had the ability to purify liquid, and in some legends, their horns could heal wounds.
According to legend, unicorns could only be tamed by a maiden with a pure heart. These stories have even appeared all over the world. Unicorns are magical creatures that appear in just about every fantasy novel, and several fairy tales in recorded history.
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