Indus Valley civilization
A creature with a single horn, conventionally called a unicorn, is the most common image on the soapstone stamp seals of the See more

In heraldry, a unicorn is often depicted as a horse with a goat's cloven hooves and beard, a lion's tail, and a slender, spiral horn on its forehead (non-equine attributes may be replaced with equine ones). Whether because it was an emblem of the Incarnation or of … See more

It was probably thought that, like other horned animals, the unicorn's horn grew after birth. In The Lady and the Unicorn tapestry set of (c. 1500), it has been claimed, the Taste … See more

One traditional method of hunting unicorns involved entrapment by a virgin.
In one of his notebooks Leonardo da Vinci wrote:
The unicorn, through … See more

By the beginning of the 21st century, unicorns became a queer icon, second only to the rainbow flag, symbolizing queerness.
The See more

Biblical
An animal called the re'em (Hebrew: רְאֵם) is mentioned in several places in the Hebrew Bible, … See more

• Al-mi'raj (unicorn-like creature in Arabic mythology)
• Bestiary
• Elasmotherium (extinct rhinoceros species known as "Siberian unicorn")
• Invisible Pink Unicorn (a modern satirical religious symbol) See more