Cute Unicorn Lamp for kids

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The unicorn appears in the art of ancient Mesopotamia. Ancient Indian and Chinese myths also told of unicorns. Chinese myth claims that seeing a unicorn is a good omen. Stories and art about the creature were popular in the Middle Ages in Europe. In Europe the unicorn is a symbol of love and purity.

An ancient Greek historian named Ctesias wrote one of the first reports of the unicorn in about 400 bc. He said that the unicorn’s horn had many powers. Drinking from the horn would protect the drinker from poison, stomachaches, and other health problems. Ctesias probably was describing the Indian rhinoceros—a real animal with a single horn that Europeans had never seen. In fact, cups made of rhinoceros horn were prized during the Middle Ages because people believed that they came from unicorns.

An unicorn is a legendary creature. It looks like a horse or goat, with one single horn on its head. The word unicorn means literally “one-horn”. It comes from the Latin word unus, which means one, and cornu which means horn, which term is in itself borrowed from the earlier Greek word monokeros (also ‘one horned’).

Unicorns are found in many stories and myths from different parts of the world, especially China and India. Its blood and horn usually have mystical powers. In Western culture, its horn is said to have power (often called alicorn in medieval literature) to heal wounds and sickness, and to neutralize poison.

In mythology and heraldry unicorn symbolizes innocence, purity and feminine power. It is often seen as the counterpart of lion, which symbolizes the masculine virtues.

In some pictures unicorns also have goat’s feet or a lion’s tail.

Most people say that unicorns are of the purest white, with long, tapering horns, cloven hooves, and graceful bodies. Originally, people thought that unicorns had wispy beards like goats, as you can see in old tapestries that depict the animal, but now that belief is not as popular. Yet some people still believe in unicorns.

Unicorns live in places like Europe, Asia and India. Some people think that in the horn of a unicorn, there are magical powers. The most common ideas are that it finds poison and cures sickness.

2,400 years ago, Ctesias, a Greek physician, wrote about an animal that lived in India. The animal is said to have a blue eyes, a white body, and one horn on its head.