unicorns.htm

There are lots of stories about the unicorn. The Unicorn was a magical creature described in ancient Greek and Roman myths. They were thought to be an emblem of purity. Legend also has it that it could be tamed by a virgins touch. During the Middle Ages, and even later, the unicorn's horn was a popular ingredient for medicines and for all the chemical reactions. So people hunted the unicorn when their home was still earth, to get their horn and use them for medicine against poison The horn was also believed to ward off stomach trouble. The Unicorn is found throughout world legends. It is said that now the unicorns left earth, because they were hunted down, but there have been sightings of them in deep forests. It is also said that unicorns have a tail like a lion except the hair is longer. Though they seem magical and beautiful I still wouldn’t want to meet one face to face since humans aren’t their favorite species for obvious reasons.

Dictionary meaning: n. mythical white horse with single straight horn. In lots of dictionary's they don't even put the meaning in there anymore.

Unicorns still occur in the shadows of the forest and bush, in the corner of our minds. The world is still full of unicorns, always in hiding, because of them being hunted before, nearly becoming extinct. Others say they moved to another world, away from us, but yet they still return once in a while. They say not all unicorns are there to bring good but what would you expect, people hunted them, chased them away, I wouldn't be very happy either.

Many people think all unicorns are white. This isn't so, they come in a variety of colours, white, black, brown, silver event. It's also said that there is one gold unicorn, the biggest of all, and the leader of all unicorns.
Information on the unicorn is being added every day so please come back for updates.

The horn of unicorns used to be sold at chemists in powdered form to cure illnesses and disease.
How to know if it’s really a unicorn horn.

When you throw the true horn in the water it appears to be bubbling, no matter how cold the water, the horn will always give of little bubbles.
When burning the true horn, it’ll give of a sweet scent and the burning won’t affect the horn.
If poisonous animals and plants are brought near the true horn they die.
When the true horn is in the presence of poison it’ll sweat.
The true horn is very hard, straight and able to save any species from any poison.
When putting a spider in a drawn circle on the floor with the true horn in the circle as well the spider can’t leave the circle, it’ll die from starvation.
If you put the true horn in a container with scorpions, after 4 hrs all the scorpions will be dead, or near to lifeless.

It is also said that only a maiden with a pure loving heart could capture a unicorn. Maybe they were encouraging women to stay pure. Also most unicorns were male, yet breeding was somehow still possible. No one really knows everything about the unicorn. Maybe they have one dominant female like bees, or maybe a few, who knows. Unicorns will always exist, whether it’s in our fantasies or wildest imaginations, or weather it’s in another world, no one will ever know. Some secrets in this world were just meant to be.