"Then God told Adam to name the animals. All the creatures gathered around.....And the first animal he named was the UNICORN."
(the Hokham Bible)
His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of UNICORNS: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
(Deuteronomy 33:17 KJV)
Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the UNICORNS.
(Psalms 22:21 KJV)
And the UNICORNS shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
(Isaiah 34:7 KJV)
But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore. For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an UNICORN: I shall be anointed with fresh oil. Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me."
(Psalm 92 verse 9-11 KJV)
"...and from the heart of the blossom there appeared a unicorn..."
(James Endicott)
"Now I will believe that there are unicorns..."
(William Shakespeare; The Tempest)
"Their bodies are white, their heads dark red, and their eyes dark blue. They have a horn on the forehead which is about a foot and a half in length."
(Ctesias; Indica, 416B.C.)
"To this day, it is said, malicious animals poison this water after sundown, so that none can thereupon drink it. But early in the morning, as soon as the sun rises, a unicorn comes out of the ocean, dips his horn into the water to expel the venom from it so that the other animals may drink thereof during the day. This as I describe it. I saw it with my own eyes."
(Johannes van Hesse of Utrecht; 1389)
"Toward noon we spotted an animal gazing down at us from a sterile mountain peak of red and black rocks... Our guide stated that the animal must certainly be a unicorn, and he pointed out to us the single horn which jutted from its forehead. With great caution we gazed back at this most noble creature, regretting it was no closer for us to examine still more minutely."
(Friar Faber; 1438)
"'Do you know, I always thought unicorns were fabulous monsters, too? I never saw one alive before!' 'Well, now that we have seen each other,' said the unicorn, 'if you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you.'"
(Lewis Carroll; Through the Looking Glass)
The Unicorn is noble;
He keeps him safe and high
Upon a narrow path and steep
Climbing to the sky;
And there no man can take him;
He scorns the hunter's dart
And only a virgin's magic power
Shall tame his haughty heart.
(from a medieval German folksong)
"Like a lion, without fear of the howling pack; Like a gust of wind, ne'er trapped in a snare; Like a lotus blossom, ne'er sprinkled by water; Like me, like a unicorn, in solitude roam."
(Hymn of Buddha)
God himself must needs be traduced, if there is no unicorn in the world.
(Edward Topsell)
"The Unicorns were the most recognizable magic the fairies possessed, and they sent them to those worlds where belief in the magic was in danger of failing altogether. After all there has to be some belief in magic - however small - for any world to survive".
(Terry Brooks, The Black Unicorn)
"She was no longer the careless color of sea foam but rather the color of snow falling on a moonlight night. her eyes were still clear & unweiried, & she moved like a shadow on the sea. she did not look anything like a horned horse as unicorns are often pictured, being smaller & cloven hoofed, & possesing the oldest, wildest grace that horses have never had, that deer have only in a shy, thin imitation & goats in a dancing mockery. her neck was long & slender, making her head seam smaller then it was, & the mane that fell almost to the middle of her back was as soft as dandelion fluff & as fine as cirrus. she had pointed ears & thin legs, with feathers of white hair at her ankles; & the long horn above her eyes shone & shivered with its own seashell light even in the deepest midnight."
(Peter S. Begal)
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