The unicorn is an imaginary animal body of a horse with a single horn on his forehead. The name derives from the Latin unicornis , "one horn". symbol of wisdom, Christian imagery could only be tamed by a virgin, symbol of purity. It was believed that if the horn had been removed, the animal would die. In medieval tradition, the spiral horn is said Unicorn, and was given the ability to neutralize poisons. The myth of the unicorn has its origins in the East, particularly India and China, where it was portrayed as a kind of deer hooves and where it was venerated as a sacred animal (along with turtle, phoenix and dragon). Obviously it was not all see it and bring it closer: legend has it that the Unicorn was an animal so pure that only people from the soul pure and white could ride it. E 'for this reason that the unicorn was often depicted ridden by a virgin, a magician or an Elf.
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