III. 14. The Unicorn

Abraham-Moses grew a horn. It was one horn, symmetrical, exactly in the middle of his head. Michelangelo depicted Moses with horns and was not far wrong. Horns were considered a symbol of strength by ancient peoples. Abraham-Moses took this as a sign from God. One horn looked like a phallus, the ancient symbol of Geb-Marduk. Abraham-Moses preached the coming of a new era and called himself the phallus of Geb-Marduk. This corresponds to the statement "I am the Son of God" in the time of Jesus Christ. The unicorn is considered a sacred animal, and Abraham-Moses became a sacred unicorn man.

The name Remus means unicorn. Remus, the brother of Romulus (the founders of Rome), was a unicorn, this is Abraham-Moses. In the King James Version of the Bible, Re-em is translated as "unicorn", "oryx", "wild ox", "buffalo" or "rhinoceros". In Jewish folklore, Re-em was larger than a mountain, in this case referring to Moses, who was associated with the mountain where he received the Law.

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In literature and art, the unicorn is depicted as a white horse with a long, straight horn with spiral grooves, cloven hooves, and sometimes a goat's beard. In the Middle Ages and Renaissance, it was usually described as a wild forest creature. It is a symbol of purity and grace, so only a virgin can catch it. In medieval bestiaries, there is a claim that its horn has the property of making poisoned water drinkable and curing diseases.

The unicorn is mentioned nine times in the Bible as "Re-em."

God brought them out of Egypt, the swiftness of a unicorn is his

(Numbers 23:22)

God brought him out of Egypt, the swiftness of a unicorn is his, he devours the nations that are his enemies, he breaks their bones, and he strikes [the enemy] with his arrows

(Numbers 24:8)

9 Will the unicorn serve you, or spend the night by your manger?

10 Can you tie the unicorn with a rope to the furrow, and will he harrow your field?

11 Will you trust in him, because he is so strong, and leave your work to him?

12 Will you trust him to bring back your seed, and lay it up in your threshing floor?

(Job 39:9-12)

"And the reemim shall fall with them, and the oxen with the abirim; and their land shall be drunk with blood, and their dust shall be fat with fatness"

(Isaiah 34:7)

"His strength shall be like the firstling of a bullock, and his horns like the horns of a reem: with them shall he gore all the nations unto the ends of the earth: they are the ten thousand of Ephraim, and the thousands of Manasseh"

(Deuteronomy 33:17)

But my horn thou exaltest as the horn of a unicorn, and I am anointed with fresh oil

(Psalms 92:11)

Only in the Vulgate translation, "reem" is presented as a rhinoceros. In the Septuagint it is a unicorn. This agrees with Greek literature, where already by the 3rd century BC Unicorns were described as mysterious animals. The unicorn horse was mentioned in works on natural science by such writers as Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, Aelian and Cosmas Indicopleustes.

Ctesias of Kindu, an ancient Greek historian of the 5th century BC, lived in India for 17 years. He was the first to describe unicorns:

“Ctesias reports that wild asses live in India, the size of horses and even larger. They have a white body, a red head, and blue eyes. On their foreheads they have a horn, one cubit long. At a distance of eight fingers from its base, the horn is completely white, at the tip it is crimson, and the rest, the middle part, is black. Cups are made from these horns. It is said that those who drink from them are relieved of both cramps and epilepsy; and even poison does not work if, before or after taking it, one drinks wine, water, or something else from such a cup".

The story of Ctesias became popular thanks to the authority of Aristotle, who mentioned the one-horned "Indian donkeys" as "odd-toed ungulates" in his "History of Animals".

A description of the unicorn is given by Aelian (2nd century BC):

“I was told that in India there are wild asses no smaller in size than horses. Their entire body is white, their head is close to purple in color, and their eyes are blue. They have a horn on their forehead the size of a cubit or even a half; the lower part of this horn is white, the upper part is crimson, and the middle is terribly black. I have heard that the Indians drink from these motley horns, but not all do this, but only the most powerful of the Indians; they cover them with gold stripes, as if decorating the beautiful hand of a statue with some kind of wrists. And they say that whoever tastes from this horn does not know and does not experience inevitable diseases, for he cannot be seized by a cramp, or the so-called sacred disease, nor die from poison. Even if he has drunk something bad before, he vomits it up and becomes healthy… These animals are also not only the fastest of asses, but faster than both horses and deer; at first they run quietly, but little by little they become more vigorous, and therefore they are out of reach of those who want to overtake them or, to speak poetically, to catch up with them. When the female gives birth and when she leads the newborn with her, the males, grazing with them, guard the young ones. The habitat of these asses is on the most deserted of the Indian plains. And when the Indians go out to hunt them, the older animals push back the frail and still young ones from their midst, and they themselves fight, colliding with the riders and striking with their horns. Such is their strength: nothing can withstand their blows, but gives in and is cut to pieces, and everything that comes across is broken into pieces and becomes useless. And they also, attacking the sides of horses, tear them apart, so that the entrails fall out. For this reason the horsemen are afraid to approach them, because the price of this approach for them is the most miserable death, and both they and the horses perish. They are also strong in kicking; and their bites are so deep that the weight of the teeth is torn off. So that an adult, perhaps, you cannot take alive, but they throw spears and arrows at them, and the Indians use the horns in the way I said, taking them from the dead. The flesh of Indian asses is inedible; and the reason is that it is by nature very bitter.

Information about unicorns in the "Physiologus":

"The psalm says: "And my horn will be exalted like a unicorn's." The Physiologus says about it that it has this property: a small animal, like a kid, silent and very meek; and the hunter cannot approach him because of his great strength. He has one horn in the middle of his head. How is he caught? A pure maiden is thrown before him, the animal rushes to her breast and sucks. And he takes him to the king's palace. Interpretation. Compare this animal with the image of the Savior, "for he raised up a horn in the house of David our father," and became "a horn of salvation" for us. Angels and powers could not hold Him back, and he entered the womb of the truly pure virgin Mary. "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us".

In the writings of Christian writers, the unicorn was mentioned as a symbol of the Annunciation and the Incarnation. In the Middle Ages, the unicorn became the emblem of the Virgin Mary. The unicorn's horn embodied the strength and unity of the Father and the Son, and the small size of the animal symbolized the humility of Christ. During the Crusades, the importance of unicorns increased among the aristocracy, many monarchs dreamed of a unicorn horn.

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Domenichino. Virgin with a Unicorn. Between 1604 and 1605. Fresco. Detail. Palazzo Farnese, Rome

Raphael. Lady with a Unicorn. 1505. Oil on wood. Palazzo Borghese, Rome

The Annunciation (The Mystical Hunt of the Unicorn). 1489. Circle of Martin Schongauer. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Unicorns on the Coat of Arms of Scotland

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