Pyrassoupi
Also called Pirassoupi.
Ambroise Pare's two-horned Arabian unicorn, shaped like a mule and coated like a bear, whose horns were steeped in water against snakebite.
At a glance
- Tradition
- Arabian folklore
- Region
- Arabia (place of origin)
- Trait family
- The Truth-Horned
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Traits
Read from the figure's description, which a model wrote. Open "why" for the sentence a trait came from.
Offensive powers
- Horn attack
why
It has two horns rather than one, both of them long and twisted, and that is precisely what makes it interesting as a unicorn.
Utility powers
- Snakebite healing
why
Soaked in water, they yield a drink administered to people bitten by venomous snakes in order to neutralise the poison.
Roles
Judged from the works' own entries, not from the description. Carries: the figure holds the role. Meets: the role is in its stories, held by something it meets.
- Serpent meets
2 citations
- Carol Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, s.v. "Pyrassoupi."
- Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Pyrassoupi."