did unicorns ever exist? real or not why do they have so much appeal?

Answer 1

I hope so!
They exemplify everything that we would like the world to be about and which it most often isn't.
I remember a book by Lyle Watson. In it he stated that statistically if you looked out of your bedroom window at 3a.m. every night of your life, you had to see a unicorn at least once.
Somehow I have lived my life in that belief ever since, sure that the magic is out there and I am part of it. That there is magic in the world and that, that beautiful ,ethereal, white, horse like creature with a heart of pure kindness is out there....
Have also never quite outgrown the book The Last Unicorn either if truth be told!.
I would like it said of me after my death " She lived her life like a unicorn" - and perhaps that is the secret of the unicorn's appeal.

Answer 2

The Unicorn was a legendary animal usually depicted as a large horse with a single horn on its forehead. It has also been described as having the hind legs of an antelope, the tail of a lion, and the beard of a goat. Represented in the arts of numerous ancient and medieval Asian and European cultures, the unicorn may have been created from distorted reports of rhinoceroses. Ctesias, a Greek physician, about 400 wrote a classic description of the unicorn, calling it an Indian wild *** with a white body, purple head, and a straight "cubit-long" horn with a white base, black middle, and red tip. He described it as fleet and fierce. The unicorn is also mentioned in the writings of Aristotle, Pliny, and Aelian.

In medieval times the unicorn was endowed with symbolic qualities, both religious and secular. Some early translations of the Hebrew scriptures mentioned the unicorn and as a biblical beast it acquired ecclesiastical associations. It represented chastity and purity. Though it would fight savagely when cornered, it could be tamed by a virgin's touch. Many examples of medieval art including woodcuts, illuminations, and tapestries depict the unicorn, particularly the hunt for it. In some Christian interpretations the unicorn is associated with the Virgin Mary; in others it represents Christ the Redeemer. Unicorns were also popular emblems in medieval heraldry.

During the Middle Ages, and even later, the unicorn's horn, because of its fabled purity, was a popular ingredient for medicines and for alchemical reactions. Potentates and pontiffs obtained reputed unicorn's horn because it was considered strong protection against poison. The horn was also believed to ward off stomach trouble and epilepsy.

Whether a unicorn is real or make-believe doesn't matter. What does matter, is they way we perceive the unicorn and what we believe it to be in our hearts. To many of us, the unicorn is a creature that we aspire to be. We desire to experience the magic, the nobility, the purity, and the beauty that is the unicorn. So, it doesn't exist in our so-called real world or so we are told, we can still admire it and aspire to be it. There are a lot worse things that we can hold up as role models.

Sources: Webster Illustrated Contemporary Dictionary

Answer 3

The Unicorn is said to have been thought up when narwhal tusks washed up on shores. However, narwhals live in a very remote and localised areas - i.e. not all over the world like the unicorn 'myth'.

The unicorn probably also predates the discovery of the narwhal - especially to some countries/regions. There are cave paintings that seem to depict unicorns so whether they did exist at one point and are now extinct or in hiding, we'll never know until someone finds a live one or an amazingly presevered specimen.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

I believe they did. The Bible mentions them in Isaiah. Somewhere in the chapters in the 30s I think. Maybe 40s.
(King James version). They take a lot they don't like out of the Bible today.
This is how I like to describe some teachings I've studied.
God made this world to be a tourist spot for the spirit world.
Where His spirits could enjoy the beauty. The mountains, seas,
trees. Watch the animals play.
Our spirit has the ability to bond with things since everything is made of spirit. And just like we live in a human body, our
spirits got in physical things to exprience what it was like.
But we got trapped here by the forces that create this physical world, because we hung around to long. And many strange
beings came about due to our spiritual power mixing with
physical life.
It says in Romans in the Bible. "When they knew God, they
worshipped Him not as God, and turned the IMAGE OF GOD,
(our spirit), into an image of MAN and BEASTS!"

Answer 6

Of course they did! Have you not heard the song written by Shel Silverstein?
A long time ago when the earth was green
There was more kind of animals than you've ever seen.
They'd run around free when the earth was being born
But the loveliest of them all was the unicorn.

Answer 7

yes i think that the unicorn did exist. there are a lot of myths that suggest the high appeal to them like they only come to a virgin princess, that their horn is highly potent medicine. they are pure in heart. they are just typically the beautiful side of mythology. With that sharp horn i'd not be interested in meeting it in a battle.

Answer 8

It is definetely a possibility. According to my beliefs there were many sorts of mythical creatures alive during the pre-flood era; that is before Noah's Flood. I am one of the few who feels certain types of creatures like this may have been fact not fantasy.

Answer 9

They are mythical creatures that exist in tales and ancient Greece. There is some evidence that they existed in our world, too. I believe that they did exist, but most people don't

Answer 10

No, they are mythical. They are appealing because they are elusive, much like the butterfly.