Illustration of a narwhal-like creature, from the 1678 edition of Thomas Bartholin's De Unicornu Observationes Novae.
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.
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Narwhal-Like Creature
Date
1678
From
De Unicornu Observationes Novae
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