I had from this most wealthy queen
A beast of proud and noble mien
That bears in his brow the ruby-stone
And yields himself to maids alone.
But few such unicorns are found
On this or any other ground,
And only such are ever captured
As pure virgins have enraptured.
No man yet of woman born
Endures the terror of his horn.
~ Pfaffen Lamprecht
(Excerpt From The Song Of Alexander - Twelfth Century
 
Although the origins of the unicorn legend are shrouded in the mists of early history, the myth has persisted for over two thousand years and its symbolic
and allegorical meanings have remained potent in art and literature to the present day. Unicorns are mentioned in the Old Testament , by Greek and Roman authors, in the literature of medieval Christianity, as well as in the cultures of Islam and China.
~ Odell Shepard (The lore of the unicorn)
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"God himself must needs be traduced, if there is no unicorn in the world."
~Edward Topsell
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According to the book of Genesis, God gave Adam the task of naming everything he saw. In some translations of the Bible, the Unicorn was the first animal named; thereby, elevating it above all other beasts in the universe. When Adam and Eve left paradise, the Unicorn went with them and came to represent purity and chastity. Thus, the Unicorn's purity in the Western legends stems from its Biblical beginnings.
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The deer untethered roams the wild
Where it wishes in search of food.
Seeing this liberty, wise man,
Fare solit'ry as the Unicorn.
Free everywhere and at odds with none
Content with what comes your way
Enduring peril without alarm,
Fare solit'ry as the Unicorn
Like a lion fearless of the howling pack
Like the breeze ne'er trapped in a snare
Like the lotus unsoiled by its stagnant pool,
Fare solit'ry as the Unicorn.
~ Excerpt From A Buddhist Hymn
The Jewish Talmud makes many references to the Unicorn. In Jewish folklore
it is the
fiercest of all animals and is able to kill an elephant with a single thrust from its horn.
Sig Tag from Louise's Lodge.
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