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My solo exhibition at Sho BCN in Barcelona.
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My solo exhibition at Sho BCN in Barcelona.
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My solo exhibition at Sho BCN in Barcelona.
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Campers showing off their finished creature power suits during Audubon summer camp 2025 - photos by Charlotte Schmaltz
The display reads:
8
Unicorn
Europe
Guardian of the graceful and pure
The "Dragon & Mythical Creatures" page (now defunct) on the Roger Williams Park Zoo website read:
#8 Unicorns
Region: Europe
Category: Mistaken Identity (According to the Roger Williams Park Zoo website, "Mistaken Identities" are "Real animals once mistaken as fantastic creatures.").
A creature, often resembling a white horse or goat with a single long horn, who is said to possess the ability to cure poisons and is often drawn to pure maidens for companionship.
Did You Know:
- The earliest written description of a unicorn is attributed to Ctesias, a Greek physician and historian while in India in 400BC. It is thought he may have been describing the Indian rhinoceros.
- Unicorns have also appeared in the legends and myths of India and China.
- The unicorn’s horns were said to cure ailments and poisons if one were to drink from them. This power could also purify drinking water for other animals.
- Unicorns were often associated with purity and thus were drawn to young women, the only ones who could tame a unicorn.
- The unicorn was often described as fierce and impossible to capture, however its fondness towards young maidens could be used to lure and capture them.
- Goblets made of narwhal horns were said to be made of genuine unicorn horns and became very popular as a way to ward off poisons.
Taken August 9th, 2024.