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One-horned beast depicted in ceramic model from Northern Wei period (386–534) In modern times, the depictions of qilin have often fused with the Western concept of unicorns. Qilin ( 麒麟 ) is often translated into English as "unicorn"; the Han dynasty dictionary Shuowen Jiezi describes qi as single-horned, [ 8 ] and it can sometimes be ...
According to legend, the xiezhi, was a single-horned sheep or goat [b] which had power to divine the guilt or innocence of a person. Gao Yao, the minister of justice for the legendary Emperor Shun employed the beast during criminal proceedings, and he would command the sheep to ram (head-butt) the accused. The beast would ram the guilty, but ...
It derives from the Greek word μονόκερως (monokerōs), a compound word from μόνος (monos) which means "only one" / "single" and κέρας (keras) (neuter gender), which means "horn". The monoceros was first described in Pliny the Elder 's Natural History as a creature with the body of a horse , the head of a stag (minus the ...
The gentle and pensive maiden has the power to tame the unicorn, fresco by Domenichino, c. 1604–1605 (Palazzo Farnese, Rome) [1] The unicorn is a legendary creature that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a single large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead.
The Cernunnos-type antlered figure or horned god, on the Gundestrup Cauldron, on display, at the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen. In ancient Celtic and Gallo-Roman religion, Cernunnos or Carnonos is a god depicted with antlers, seated cross-legged, and is associated with stags, horned serpents, dogs and bulls.
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The Broncos will be one of the top four seeds and earn a bye into the quarterfinals by beating UNLV to win the Mountain West. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: College Football ...