Unicorn and narwhal side by side, from Michael Bernhard Valentini's Museum Museorum (1704).

Featured on PDR in the essay Greenland Unicorns and the Magical Alicorn

When the existence of unicorns, and the curative powers of the horns ascribed to them, began to be questioned, one Danish physician pushed back through curious means — by reframing the unicorn as an aquatic creature of the northern seas. Natalie Lawrence on a fascinating convergence of established folklore, nascent science, and pharmaceutical economy.

Unicorn and Narwhal Side by Side

Date

1704

From

Museum Museorum


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