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The Unicorn — the wild, white, fierce, chaste Moon, whose tw

The Unicorn — the wild, white, fierce, chaste Moon, whose two horns, unlike those of mortal creatures, are indissolubly twisted into one, whose brilliant horn drives away the darkness and evil of the night. – Robert Brown, The Unicorn: A Mythological Investigation, 1881, wording slightly

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No one can vouch for the origins of the medieval proverb, “No true virgin plays leapfrog with a unicorn in the forest on a spring night.” – Muriel Segal, Virgins Reluctant, Dubious & Avowed, 1977

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