Science Source ftp Apr 2015
EN_01170126_0361
Caption reads: Baron Shusien's driver caught a strange animal. Confucius declares it was a unicorn. No artist or date given. The unicorn is a legendary animal from European folklore that resembles a white horse with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead, and sometimes a goat's beard and cloven hooves. First mentioned by the ancient Greeks, it became the most important imaginary animal of the Middle Ages and Renaissance when it was commonly described as an extremely wild woodland creature, a symbol of purity and grace, which could only be captured by a virgin. In the encyclopedias its horn was said to have the power to render poisoned water potable and to heal sickness
2015-04-07
East News
Science Source
Photo Researchers
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23cm x 36cm by 300dpi
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