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Although the origins of the unicorn legend are shrouded in the mists of early history, the myth has persisted for over 2,000 years and its symbolic and allegorical meanings have remained potent in art and literature to the present day. Unicorns are mentioned in the Old Testament, by Greek and Roman authors, in the literature of medieval...