ORIGINS
The earliest unicorn myths date back over 2,000 years to these two ancient civilizations.
What is Mesopotamia and India?
Only this kind of person could tame a unicorn.
Who is a virgin?
This Asian country had its own one-horned creature called the Qilin.
What is China?
In Persian legends, the unicorn’s horn was said to hold both danger and this healing quality.
What is the power to heal or purify?
What movie/show are unicorns in, where the modern-day perception of unicorns is shown?
What is My Little Pony or Harry Potter?
Some believe unicorn myths came from sightings of this real animal.
What is the Indian rhinoceros (or oryx)?
The unicorn’s horn was known by this special name.
What is an alicorn?
During the Middle Ages, unicorns became symbols of this religion.
What is Christianity?
This country’s coat of arms features two unicorns.
What is Scotland?
In some stories, a unicorn’s horn could change color depending on the person’s soul. What might it turn if someone was evil?
What is black?
The myth of unicorns was exclusive to...
Who was the pure-hearted? (avoided the corrupt or sinful)
Alicorns were believed to cure this deadly substance.
What is poison?
Many “unicorn horns” sold in Europe were actually from this Arctic animal.
What is a narwhal?
Sailors who discovered narwhals may have sold their tusks as unicorn horns to these wealthy European buyers.
Who were kings and nobles (or royalty)?
The unicorn’s shift from real animal to symbol of purity happened largely during this cultural movement in Europe.
What is the Renaissance?
Describe who Ctesias is...
This Greek physician was the first to describe a one-horned creature in India.
Unicorns would only appear to people with this kind of heart.
What is a pure heart?
The myth spread through these two main forms of communication.
What are religious art and exploration writings?
In modern times, unicorns symbolize these three qualities often found in pop culture and branding.
What is magic, individuality, innocence, or creativity?
In medieval times, unicorns were featured in these illustrated books of animals.
What are bestiaries?
Unicorns symbolized this trio of traits: purity, rarity, and ____.
What is divine power?
In Christianity, unicorns symbolized this sacred figure.
Who is the Virgin Mary (or Christ)?
These trade routes helped carry unicorn legends across cultures.
What is the Silk Road?
Alicorns were so prized that they were stored in this type of royal collection.
What are royal treasuries?
The era transformed the unicorn from a creature of magic into a symbol of imagination and wonder in art and literature.
What is the Enlightenment?