Unicorns
~*~*~*~ Unicorns ~*~*~*~
"But my horn shall exalt like the horn of a unicorn;"
~ Psalm 92:10
"The unicorn legend is different from most superstitions in that it has lasted longer and has been shared by the most enlightened minds of all nations."
~ Andrea Bacci
"On the Canadian border there are sometimes seen animals resembling horses, but with cloven hoofs, rought manes, a long straight horn upon the forehead......."
~Dr. Olfert Dapper, 1673
"They say it is impossible to catch this creature alive."
~ Pliny the Elder, 1st century A.D.
" ....But in the morning, after sunrise, comes the unicorn and dips his horn into the stream, driving the poison from it so that the good animals can drink there during the day. This I have seen myself."
~ John of Hesse, 1389
"o, here's the beast that no existence hath!"
~Rainer Maria Rulke, (1875-1926)
