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Legendary Animal European Folklore White Horse Horn Ancient Greeks Middle Ages Renaissance Woodland

The unicorn is a legendary creature from European folklore described as a white horse with a spiraling horn on its forehead and sometimes goat-like features. It was first mentioned by ancient Greeks and became an important mythical animal in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, depicted as a symbol of purity that could only be captured by a virgin. Encyclopedias stated the unicorn's horn had the power to purify water and cure illness.

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Legendary Animal European Folklore White Horse Horn Ancient Greeks Middle Ages Renaissance Woodland

The unicorn is a legendary creature from European folklore described as a white horse with a spiraling horn on its forehead and sometimes goat-like features. It was first mentioned by ancient Greeks and became an important mythical animal in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, depicted as a symbol of purity that could only be captured by a virgin. Encyclopedias stated the unicorn's horn had the power to purify water and cure illness.

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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

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