It is a white horse with a goat's beard and a long twisted horn that is white at the base, black in the center, and red on the tip, projecting out of it's forehead. The image we receive, when we think of the unicorn, amazing as it seems, derived from this description. The unicorn is a symbol of chastity, fierceness, virginity, and meekness. It is said that the meek and the unicorn will inherit the earth. In France and China, there was talk of the unicorn during the Middle Ages.
Biblical stories imply that, because the unicorn was thrown from the Ark, it is extinct today.
The Chinese unicorn is one of the four animals of good omen. The other three are the dragon, the pheonix, and the tortoise. The unicorn's horn was once a valued magical object in European mysticism. It could be used to purify water, detect poison, and possessed healing powers, as well as having been an aphrodisiac. The unicorn could not be captured alive, but could be killed, with the aid of a young virgin who would sit and wait for a unicorn to find her.