Monsters
Monday, November 20, 2017
There is a type of animal, maybe from Sumatra or maybe not, which can only be tamed by a virgin. The animal has a single horn, its body is like a horse, beautiful.
This centuries-old European legend became absorbed into Christian iconography. At the National Museum in Warsaw there is a statue of Mary, seated. In her lap there is a unicorn as large as a deer, with a long horn. It is tame, of course. The unicorn, in Europe, used to be a symbol of
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