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In the same realm, carved unicorns were often used as finials on the pillars of Mercat crosses, and denoted that the settlement was a royal burgh. Certain noblemen such as the Earl of Kinnoull were given special permission to use the unicorn in their arms, as an augmentation of honour. [34] The crest for Clan Cunningham bears a unicorn head. [35]
Unicorns II is a themed anthology of fantasy short works about unicorns edited by American writers Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois. It was first published in paperback by Ace Books in November 1992, and was "noted without comment" in The Year's Best Science Fiction. [3] It was reissued as an ebook by Baen Books in March 2013. [4]
The Last Unicorn is a fantasy novel by American author Peter S. Beagle and published in 1968, by Viking Press in the U.S. and The Bodley Head in the U.K. It follows the tale of a unicorn, who believes she is the last of her kind in the world and undertakes a quest to discover what has happened to the other unicorns. [1]
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Several mythical creatures from Bilderbuch für Kinder (lit. ' picture book for children ') between 1790 and 1822, by Friedrich Justin Bertuch A legendary creature, also called a mythical creature, is a type of extraordinary or supernatural being that is described in folklore (including myths and legends) and may be featured in historical accounts before modernity, but this has not been ...
Long ago, I read some articles about modern-day animals found with a single horn. If true, then this would lend credence to the past existence of similar one-horned animals. These examples I read about where considered rare, or anomalies, animals expected to have two horns but had one instead.
The horn's purificational properties were eventually put to the test in, for example, the book of Ambroise Paré, Discourse on unicorn. Seen as one of the most valuable assets that a person could possess, unicorn horns were given as diplomatic gifts, and chips and dust from them could be purchased at apothecaries as universal antidotes until ...
In 2021, Texas state representative Matt Krause sent a list of 850 titles that he wanted schools to confirm were on their shelves. The list appeared to target LGBTQ books and titles concerned with ...