Unicorn - Revision history

Sarah Van Der Goes: fixed apostrophes

2007-06-21T18:33:13Z

fixed apostrophes

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	[[Image:Unicorn Rampant.png\|150px\|right]]		[[Image:Unicorn Rampant.png\|150px\|right]]
	The '''unicorn ''' is a [[heraldic beast]] with a [[horse]]		The '''unicorn ''' is a [[heraldic beast]] with a [[horse]]'s body, a single long [[horn]], a [[lion]]'s tail, tufted hocks and cloven hoofs like a [[goat]], and a beard.

	In medieval [[legend]] its horn was said to be able both to detect and to neutralise [[poison]] (although to do this it had to be removed from the unicorn) and the spiral horns of narwhal were often sold for this purpose, as well as ordinary horns cunningly carved. The unicorn was said to shun all vice, and therefore to be best captured by placing a [[virgin]] in the forest, when it would sense her, approach her, and lay its head in her lap. The catch was that, if she wasn't, it set aside for the moment its vegetarian diet, and ate her alive.		In medieval [[legend]] its horn was said to be able both to detect and to neutralise [[poison]] (although to do this it had to be removed from the unicorn) and the spiral horns of narwhal were often sold for this purpose, as well as ordinary horns cunningly carved. The unicorn was said to shun all vice, and therefore to be best captured by placing a [[virgin]] in the forest, when it would sense her, approach her, and lay its head in her lap. The catch was that, if she wasn't, it set aside for the moment its vegetarian diet, and ate her alive.

2006-05-27T02:30:57Z

categorising

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	In medieval [[legend]] its horn was said to be able both to detect and to neutralise [[poison]] (although to do this it had to be removed from the unicorn) and the spiral horns of narwhal were often sold for this purpose, as well as ordinary horns cunningly carved. The unicorn was said to shun all vice, and therefore to be best captured by placing a [[virgin]] in the forest, when it would sense her, approach her, and lay its head in her lap. The catch was that, if she wasn't, it set aside for the moment its vegetarian diet, and ate her alive.		In medieval [[legend]] its horn was said to be able both to detect and to neutralise [[poison]] (although to do this it had to be removed from the unicorn) and the spiral horns of narwhal were often sold for this purpose, as well as ordinary horns cunningly carved. The unicorn was said to shun all vice, and therefore to be best captured by placing a [[virgin]] in the forest, when it would sense her, approach her, and lay its head in her lap. The catch was that, if she wasn't, it set aside for the moment its vegetarian diet, and ate her alive.

	== ~~See also~~ ==		== Internal Heraldry==
			''See also:''
	* [[Heraldry]]		* [[Heraldry]]
			[[category:device heraldry]]

2006-02-24T03:50:19Z

adding image

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			[[Image:Unicorn Rampant.png\|150px\|right]]
	The '''unicorn ''' is a [[heraldic beast]] with a [[horse]]�s body, a single long [[horn]], a [[lion]]�s tail, tufted hocks and cloven hoofs like a [[goat]], and a beard.		The '''unicorn ''' is a [[heraldic beast]] with a [[horse]]�s body, a single long [[horn]], a [[lion]]�s tail, tufted hocks and cloven hoofs like a [[goat]], and a beard.

2005-01-24T23:41:05Z

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	The '''unicorn ''' is a [[heraldic beast]] with a horse		The '''unicorn ''' is a [[heraldic beast]] with a [[horse]]

	In medieval [[legend]] its horn was said to be able both to detect and to neutralise [[poison]] (although to do this it had to be removed from the unicorn) and the spiral horns of narwhal were often sold for this purpose, as well as ordinary horns cunningly carved.~~<br>~~		In medieval [[legend]] its horn was said to be able both to detect and to neutralise [[poison]] (although to do this it had to be removed from the unicorn) and the spiral horns of narwhal were often sold for this purpose, as well as ordinary horns cunningly carved. The unicorn was said to shun all vice, and therefore to be best captured by placing a [[virgin]] in the forest, when it would sense her, approach her, and lay its head in her lap. The catch was that, if she wasn't, it set aside for the moment its vegetarian diet, and ate her alive.
	The unicorn was said to shun all vice, and therefore to be best captured by placing a [[virgin]] in the forest, when it would sense her, approach her, and lay its head in her lap. The catch was that, if she wasn't, it set aside for the moment its vegetarian diet, and ate her alive.

	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* Heraldry		* [[Heraldry]]

2005-01-24T11:53:23Z

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	The '''unicorn ''' is a [[heraldic beast]] with a horse�s body, a single long horn, a lion�s tail, tufted hocks and cloven hoofs like a [[goat]], and a beard.		The '''unicorn ''' is a [[heraldic beast]] with a horse�s body, a single long horn, a lion�s tail, tufted hocks and cloven hoofs like a [[goat]], and a beard.

			In medieval [[legend]] its horn was said to be able both to detect and to neutralise [[poison]] (although to do this it had to be removed from the unicorn) and the spiral horns of narwhal were often sold for this purpose, as well as ordinary horns cunningly carved.<br>
			The unicorn was said to shun all vice, and therefore to be best captured by placing a [[virgin]] in the forest, when it would sense her, approach her, and lay its head in her lap. The catch was that, if she wasn't, it set aside for the moment its vegetarian diet, and ate her alive.

	== See also ==		== See also ==

2004-03-06T23:49:32Z

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	The heraldic ~~unicorn~~ ~~has~~ a horse		The '''unicorn ''' is a [[heraldic beast]] with a horse

			== See also ==
			* Heraldry

2003-06-20T23:22:02Z

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The heraldic unicorn has a horse�s body, a single long horn, a lion�s tail, tufted hocks and cloven hoofs like a goat, and a beard.