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-Listed with regular animals in Egyptian hieroglyphs

-Found depicted in ancient Mesopotamia, Indus Valley, Byzantium (Shâd’havâr ), India (cartazoon), China (qilin), Japan (kirin) . Africa (San rock paintings)

-Symbol for the tribe of Manasseh
 
-First animal named by Adam in the book of Genesis 

-A symbol for Jesus, avatar for Vishnu

-Did not make it onto Noah's Arc

-In 496 Pope Gelasius declared unicorns heretical

-The Vatican is the owner of three unicorn poems from Rossi 1066

-Highly valued unicorn jewels & items among German, Austrian, French & British royalty & nobility. 

-National animal of Scotland, chained on the UK coat of arms 

-The Unicorn Pursuivant is the Scottish officer serving the Court of Lyon which oversees heraldry law

-Symbol for clan Stewart which is the only clan whose chief is not recognized by the Court of Lyon 

-Constellation Monoceros named by Petrus Plancius, who fled to avoid persecution by the Inquisition

-On the Camstra coat of arms, Frisian 

-Popular motif with early Pennsylvania Dutch

-Artists: Da Vinci, Raphael, Albrecht Dürer, Gustave Moreau, Salvador Dali, Remedios Varo

-Many countries have official currency featuring unicorns

-associated with protection, fierceness, purity, cups, water, maidens, spinning, centrality, solitude, the third eye, diamonds, psychic abilities, the moon,non-material eternal spirit, zodiac sign of Cancer