Unicorns

Comparison

Fun Fact

Unicorns held in royal arms...

Scottish unicorn, flag and shield carved at Edinburgh Castle, Royal arms of Queen Elizabeth II, as used in England and Scotland, Arms of Ramosch, Switzerland, Arms of Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, Arms of Giengen, Germany, Arms of Eger, Hungary. The first known depiction of a unicorn—found in the Lascaux Caves of modern-day France—dates to around 15,000 BCE! They are also mentioned in the bible "God is said to have the strength of a unicorn." [Num. 23:22 & 24:8];

Connections

The narwhal has a horn like a

unicorn. Pegasus have the shape

of a Unicorn's body, same color

of fur, They are both popular

with small children. All unicorns have white fur to symbolize purity. Different cultures and places all think a unicorn come from different animals such as oxes, rhinos, narwhals, stags, elephants, and horses. “ Unicorn horns ...were...often examples of the distinctive straight spiral single tusk of the narwhal“ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicorn#The_narwhal

The Unicorn rose during the start of the India. They came from Oxen and gazelles, and narwhals. They were shown in kings palaces. They symbolize respect and purity. "Aristotle must be following Ctesias when he mentions two one-horned animals, the oryx (a kind of antelope)" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicorn

Origins

The Origins started in Indus Valley Civilization which was the bronze age their myth was born between 3300–1300 BCE. It symbolizes purity. A unicorn has the body of a horse the feet of an elephant, and the head of the stag. However the horn is said to come from several different animals. In India the unicorn's horn is from a elephant. A Greek writer said the unicorn horns come from an ox or rhinoceros. On the other hand during the Medieval and Renaissance time a scientist said it was from a narwhal. "The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicorn

Modern Day Use

Description

In the movie Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2 the little girl “Agnes” has a stuffed unicorn. Lots of little girls dress up as unicorns. Now for the ios update 9.1 there’s a unicorn emoji . There was also a Unicorn in Barbie The Secret Door. In the Disney XD show

Gravity Falls and Adventure Time there were unicorns in the show. One of the most popular showings of unicorns is My little pony Unicorns which have evolved, and will continue, too. Unicorns are also often used as attention grabbers for young children. "We don't create fantasy worlds to escape reality we create it to stay." Lynda Barry

Unicorns are said to be bright, happy, colorful, exotic, majestic, unique, lovely, shiny and sparkly. “The unicorn is a legendary animal that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicorn

Back then this was not the case . They had 1 or 2 horns and they did not look like horses instead they had the body of an ox. They were not called unicorns they were called the Unicorn seal of Indus Valley.

By: Isabella and Karen