Licornes. Celles qui existent et celles qui n’existent pas. Protohistoire concernant des pans variés de

concernant des pans variés de la tradition latine et néo-latine

Proceedings of the 119th National Congress of Historical and Scientific Societies

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Between the 5th and 3rd centuries BC

Licornes. Celles qui existent et celles qui n’existent pas. Protohistoire concernant des pans variés deVideo game character, pajama motif, Harry Potter creature, or beauty tutorial medium: the unicorn, a pop culture icon, is everywhere today. But while we readily associate it with the late Middle Ages, and in particular with the spectacular yet enigmatic The Lady and the Unicorn tapestry in the Cluny Museum, do we know that this mythical animal has its origins in Greek Antiquity and the Old Testament? That it oscillated between male and female genders