🦄unicorn🦄

The unicorn is a legendary creature that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a spiraling horn . The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization which is an ancient valley for Greeks. The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some versions translate as unicorn.In European folklore, the unicorn is often depicted as a white horse-like or goat-like animal with a longhorn and cloven hooves . In the Middle Ages and Renaissance, it was commonly described as an extremely wild woodland creature, a symbol of 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. In medieval and Renaissance times, the tusk of the narwhal is sometimes sold as unicorn horn.