Are fairies and unicorns real?
I think you and your friends should be aware there is an age limit of 13 to use this site? I would love it if unicorns were real on this world since the city would be considerably improved by the sight of herds of unicorns on the freeway b u u u t being an adult I know the difference between speculation i.e. “what if” questions and sheer silliness … asking are such and such real questions! I have no evidence for unicorns or fairies but I know the sensible way to sate one’s craving for wonder is to read some good science fiction and fantasy classics like The Last Unicorn and read authors like Charles De Lint and Ursula Le Guin. Log off go to the library and read some books! Real books from the adult folklore reference section not the watered down cutesy kiddie versions or teen angst “young adult” versions!
A unicorn (from Latin unus ‘one’ and cornu ‘horn’) is a mythological creature. Though the modern popular image of the unicorn is sometimes that of a horse differing only in the horn on its forehead, the traditional unicorn has a billy-goat beard, a lion’s tail, and cloven hooves – these distinguish it from a horse. Marianna Mayer has observed (The Unicorn and the Lake), “The unicorn is the only fabulous beast that does not seem to have been conceived out of human fears. In even the earliest references he is fierce yet good, selfless yet solitary, but always mysteriously beautiful. He could be captured only by unfair means, and his single horn was said to neutralize poison.” A fairy (also fay, fey, fae, faerie; collectively, wee folk, good folk, people of peace, and other euphemisms) is the name given to a type of mythological being or legendary creature, a form of nature spirit, often described as metaphysical, supernatural or preternatural. The concept of fairies is based on the fae o
