(English;Danish)
Gotfredsen, Lise
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Hardcover
192 pages
72 Colour and 48 B&w Illustrations
Language: Danish
Published: 1999
Publisher: Abbeville Press
ISBN / EAN: 0789205955
A cultural history of the unicorn, this text uses pictorial art to trace the myth as a religious symbol, a symbol of strength, fertility and chastity. The text subjects elaborate tales of the unicorn to the rigours of scientific thought.