Unicorn
The unicorn denotes untameable solitary purity, single-horned and swift, taken alive only by the trick of a maiden's lap, and appearing where rule is virtuous.
Our paraphrase of what the sources say it carries.
At a glance
- Type
- Image
- Group
- Spirit World / Mythical Beings
- Borne by
- 3 figures
- Traditions
- Chinese mythology (1)East Asian folklore (general) (1)
- Borne with
- Horse (2 figures)
- Same group
- AngelCyclops/GiantDragonFuriesMermaid and 3 more
Figures that bear it
A model judged each figure against its own description, one term at a time. Is: the figure is a kind of this thing. Bears: it carries the thing or is marked by it. What a figure does is filed under motifs and powers. Open "why" for the sentence the judgement rests on.
- Kai Tsi is East Asian folklore (general)
why
The Kai Tsi is the one-horned justice beast of East Asian tradition — a lion-like unicorn, also called the divine sheep, that knows right from wrong and gores the guilty.
- Kioh Twan is Chinese mythology
why
Kioh Twan, an older transliteration of the beast now usually called Jiaoduan, is a green, deer-bodied unicorn of Chinese legend credited with a horse's tail, a single nasal horn, human speech, and the power to cross vast distances in a single day.
- Unicorn is
why
The unicorn, a creature of legendary status, has captivated human imagination for centuries.