Unicorn Encounters Fu HsiA Chinese emperor, in the year 28 B.C.E., Fu Hsi gazed at a unicorn which stood near the bank of the Yellow River. The unicorn was ki-lin. As it disappeared into the distance Fu Hsi followed it, noticing strange symbols on its body. He soon realized that unicorn had shown him markings that can be used to express words and ideas. It was the unicorn that was responsible for the introduction of a written Chinese language. IsabelA daughter to the king of Friesland, Isabel was to be wed to a knight. Her wedding present, a unicorn. She, however, did not love the knight (but she did love the unicorn). Instead she loved the jester Bartholomew (later became known as a Knight of the Lion). To stop the love affair, each was told that the other was dead. Isabel fainted at the news and was kidnapped by an admirer and taken to a castle, guarded by a dragon. When Bartholomew found out he went to rescue her. He and a lion saved her. Years later, while the unicorn and lion were playing, the unicorn got its horn stuck in a tree. The lion came out and took a swipe of the unicorn, which died from the wounds. Genghis KhanWhile Genghis Khan was marched through many mountain passes to reach India which he was going to conquer, a unicorn came running toward him and bend its knee three times before Khan in token of reverence. Seeing this, Khan decided against taking India and marched his army instead back onto his own land. DanielIn the book of Daniel there is a dream described (that Daniel dreamt) relating to a unicorn. Daniel had dreamed that he was at the River Ulai and by it's bank stood a ram with two horns, one slightly larger than the other. As it stood there it grew in size each time it breathed in. Then a unicorn appeared and it was shaped like a goat, complete with the beard, with eyes of deep red in rage. The unicorn fell into combat with the ram and, using it's longer, sword-like horn, knocked the ram into the water where crimson soon after surfaced. After that the unicorn, horn tipped with blood, began growing in size and the horn fell off, replaced by four smaller horns. Out of the horns grew more and more horns until finally the touched the heavens and stars plummeted in a veil of sparks. The ground was covered heavily with the dust of comets. Wu TiA few centuries after ki-lin, appeared to Fu Hsi, the creature appeared to Wu Ti. After the encounter he built a special room in his palace in honor of the unicorn. CtesiasCtesias had returned to his native land, Greece, after serving the king of Persia when he wrote of the strange creatures he had seen, one of them being our beloved unicorn. Ctesias described the creature as having a foot and a half long, red, white, black horn (red at tip, black at middle, white at bottom) as well as its head being red and the rest of its body being white, with eyes of blue. It is now believed, however, that Ctesias saw just a rhinoceros, not the magical creature he believed he had seen. KatyaTyphoid fever was spreading through European towns and it was believed that it spread through the water. In order to purify the water a unicorns horn was needed for a process called "water-conning." Try as they might, the townspeople of a small town could not find a virgin. Katya stepped forward as a volunteer on one condition, that the unicorn be used only for water-conning and not be harmed. The townspeople agreed and out she went to catch a unicorn. When night had almost fallen a unicorn appeared and laid its head on her lap. She slipped a rope around its neck and lead the creature back to the town. The unicorn purified all of the water in the town. As Katya was about to leave town to release the unicorn, some of the men surrounded her and said they should kill it for the pelt and horn. She took the rope of the unicorn and whispered for it to run, but to no avail. The unicorn was killed. Huang TiIn his old age, Huang Ti (the Yellow Emperor) saw a unicorn standing in his gardens. The animal called out to him as he at it. Soon afterwards Huang Ti died and it was believed that his spirit was carried into eternity by ki-lin. |
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