Licornes. Celles qui existent et celles qui n’existent pas. Protohistoire Proceedings of the 119th National

Proceedings of the 119th National Congress of Historical and Scientific Societies

among whom morphology easily determines the meaning

The catastrophe appears as a way of giving meaning to the extraordinary

The history of Africa is the fruit of this balancing act between the short-term nature of actors and the long-term nature of cultural depths

Licornes. Celles qui existent et celles qui n’existent pas. Protohistoire Proceedings of the 119th NationalVideo game character, pajama motif, Harry Potter creature, or beauty tutorial medium: the unicorn, a pop culture icon, is everywhere today. But while we readily associate it with the late Middle Ages, and in particular with the spectacular yet enigmatic The Lady and the Unicorn tapestry in the Cluny Museum, do we know that this mythical animal has its origins in Greek Antiquity and the Old Testament? That it oscillated between male and female genders