Welcome
to my Unicorn Website
I hope
you enjoy your stay.
I thought
I would start with a bit of history about unicorns. Much of what I’m about to
tell you came from research that I did on the web. I will be giving links to
the sites I use on another page.
Despite the fact that unicorns have not been
seen in centuries, if ever, many people still believe in their existence. There are 3 main types of unicorns: Oriental, Arabian, and Western. Each has a
different description of they look like and what they represent. They do,
however, all have a single horn coming from the forehead.
Oriental Unicorns
Unicorns have been in Chinese mythology for
thousands of years. They appear in many different forms. The most familiar of
the forms has the body of a deer, the hair on the back is 5 colors (red,
yellow, black, blue, and white these are sacred colors to the Chinese.), the
hair on the chest is yellow (some say that eh belly is actually green scales
like a dragon.) It also has the tail of an ox, the hooves of a horse, and a
horn growing from its forehead.
The
Chinese name for the unicorn is Kilin (chee-lin). Ki the male unicorn and Lin the female
unicorn. It is a gentle animal careful never to tread on any living thing and
eating only dead vegetation.
Kilin is
said to have come from the earth and is revered as on of the 4 superior animals
of good omens, foretelling of future events. The appearance of the unicorn was
interpreted as a sign of good times.
One
sighting said to have to Emperor Fu His, so that he may receive the secrets of
the written language, almost 5,000 years ago. It is also said the unicorns
lived during the reign of Emperor Yao, the 4th of 5 emperors who
shaped the world 4,000 years ago.
The
Chinese also believe that unicorns can also foretell the birth and death of
great men. In 551 B.C. a pregnant woman met a unicorn in the woods. It laid its
head in her lap and gave her a piece of Jade. On the Jade was an inscription
which foretold of the great wisdom her son would possess. This man was
Confucius. In his old age, Confucius is said to have seen the unicorn and knew
that he was soon to die.
In
The
Japanese unicorn was a beast to be feared, especially by criminals. It was able
to detect guilt. Judges were said to call upon the unicorn to determine the
guilt in legal disputes. The Unicorn would fix his/her eyes upon the guilty
party, and then pierce him through the heart with his horn.
Arabian
Unicorns
The Arabian unicorn is said to have magical qualities. Its horn
was a good luck charm against the scorpion. Drinking from its horn could
neutralize poison. You could rid yourself of demons by eating the meat of the
unicorn.
The
Arabian unicorn is known as Karkadann. It has a long twisted horn, and lightly
darkened fur.
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