Unicorns

When I first think of Unicorns I remember the movie titled “The Last Unicorn” released in 1982.  I can still hear the song in my mind.  If you haven’t seen the film I would suggest you take the time and watch the graceful kind unicorn run through the forest with her companion like the less than skilled magician, a brave knight, and a evil old unicorn hunter. Unicorns have not lost their magical pull on the young and old.  We find them in modern movies like Harry Potter when Voldemort used the unicorns blood to stay alive.  They are even found in Despicable Me. 

 

The magic of unicorns still  captures our imagination and that’s because of their beauty and magical qualities.  Their horn is known to purify poisoned water and heal sickness.  Their tears and blood are also said to be healing. Unicorns are hard to catch and it’s said that they will only come to a fair maiden wearing white and who are found weeping alone. They will come and fall asleep on the maidens lap, then the hunter will take them.

Legend says they can only be found during the light of a full moon. A unicorn symbolizes innocence, freedom, purity and feminine power. It’s counterpart is a lion which symbolizes the masculine virtues.

Most young girls have loved a stuffed unicorn or at least dreamed of a white soft unicorn with a sparkly golden or silver horn. Unicorn means single horn, and many beasts have been mistaken as unicorns.

 

Even though unicorns are mythical they have had a impact on history in many parts of the world especially in China and India.  I’ll list a few.

Marco Polo believed he found unicorns and described them as “…very ugly brutes to look at. They are not at all such as we describe unicorns.” That’s because he actually saw rhinoceroses.