Ancient Unicorn

Ancient Unicorn, the Mythical Horse with the Magic Horn

The first record of the Ancient Unicorn was written in 400 B.C., by a Greek named Ctesias. Both Aristotle and Plato mentioned Unicorns and their beauty in their writings. A Roman Emperor speaks of the amazing creatures and their incredible horns - "longer and straighter than any we have known" and that was in about 50 B.C., how old is that?

Were Unicorns Real?

Wow...and these are the people and the time period that most of our great scientific and mathematical knowledge came from! The information handed down through the ages of humanity from these great thinkers and leaders, has been accepted by most of the scholars of today as being very important stuff.

So why should we ever doubt the existence of Unicorns?

This is, many believe, symbolic of our lost innocence, and of the Unicorn's purity and loyalty.

Later in time Christianity associates the Unicorn with symbolism for Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary.

Horn used to protect from poison!

One of the oldest descriptions of the Ancient Unicorn and his magic was of the horn's use in protecting against poisoning.

The horn was used in ancient times as a drinking vessel.

It was also thought that the Unicorn could purify a whole body of water just by dipping his horn into it.

Poison must have been a serious issue in those days!

A Greek Scholar Who Believed

There is a story of a Greek Scholar named Megasthenes who went on an adventure to India in order to investigate the reports of the Unicorns there called Cartazoon.

He apparently wrote several books relating details about one of the features of a Unicorn that has been passed onto the modern-day image.

He reported particularly on the spirals of a Unicorn's horn.

Do you draw? Now that you know all kinds of things about Unicorns, are you into drawing some? What is a Unicorn, but a horse, and if you draw horses already, or want to learn to draw a horse, there is a free horse drawing tutorial at how to draw

Once you have mastered all of the drawing lessons at that link, and if you are hungry for more don't forget to check out my drawing book!

That book will have you drawing princesses, fairies, and there is even a male figure to add to your horse fairytale art.