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Stories of single-horned animals are found in many cultures. European descriptions of unicorns are based on ancient Greek beastiaries that locate the creatures home as the Indian continent.

Some descriptions sound very much like the rhinoceros, but others describe a smaller animal, more like a goat, antelope, or wild ass.
The traditional description is of a small animal, usually white (but possibly brown, red, or black), with a single horn growing from the center of its head. Some early depictions show a curved horn, but later ones almost always show the long straight horn with a spiral groove. It has cloven hooves, usually a beard or sometimes a mane, often tufts of hair on the legs or feet, and a tail like a lion's or a goat.

Other cultures with unicorns include the Chinese qilin, the Japanese kirin, and the Vietnamese Quẻ Ly; all depicted as looking more like crosses between lions and dragons. The Arab Al-mi'raj (Arabic: المعراج al-mi'raj) is described as looking like a large yellow rabbit with a single black horn. The Biblical re’em (Hebrew: רְאֵם‎), which the King James Bible mistranslated as Unicorn, is now generally understood to refer to the aurochs, a type of wild ox.
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Kw3sta

Thank you, Heidi!~ Glad you enjoyed it. :-)

Surreal_Heidi

Wonderful puzzle and great (and accurate) information! Thank you for sharing this!

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