Keywords: Unicorn wa.jpg en Unicorn This woodcut is from the second half of the 15th c The legend explains that a unicorn can only be attracted by the purity of a virgin on which he will lay his head in her lap and fall asleep As Europe emerged from the Dark Ages the unicorn was understood to be the monoceros written about by Pliny and others Since no other images were evident many considered a single horned rhinoceros to be a unicorn 1465 http //www ynet co il/yaan/0 7340 L-108566-MTA4NTY2XzQ3MzEzNjY2XzE0ODY4NzIwMAeqeq-FreeYaan 00 html Ynet author PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard 15th-century woodcuts Woodcuts of unicorns |