The horns can act as an antidote to poison and disease. it is often associated with unicorns due to the horns magical properties It also appears to those that are lost. The Abada is also known as Nillekma or Arase.
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has two crooked horns as opposed to a unicorn's single one and is the size of a small donkey with the tail of a boar.
has a head similar to a deer. It had two horns, one on the forehead and another on the nose
it has three horns â on the nose, on the forehead and on the back.
It is the size of an ox, but has only one horn on the forehead. Only the males are endowed with it.
It was of reddish color, the size of a pony and had the slender form of an antelope. The male was armed with a single horn on the forehead; the female lacked it. Some said its hoof was divided, other that it was solid.
Yoruba's Agbangrere
has the body of a horse, the hooves of a cow, sorrel (chestnut) coat and a single black horn on the forehead, as long as an arm, coarsely rugose below and smooth towards the point. One was captured and presented to King Suta in Illorin. It refused to eat, so the king ordered it slaughtered.
Egypt's Elisserion and Egloceron
The Elisserion was a giant desert dwelling goat-like unicorn whilst the Egloceron was a normal sized goat unicorn
A very fleet and wild beast about the size and shape of a small horse, which lived in the African Desert. Shaggy about the head and legs and feet, the animal had a short mane and the tail like that of a horse but not very full. It's hide smooth, with very short hairs, was ashen in hue, with a black line running down it's back, and white from the lower jaw to the abdomen. There was a small bundle of hairs on the brow from the midst of which there sprung a single horn to which the hairs adhered. This horn, barely 3 spans in length, but not the spiral striae seen in the European alicorns, but small protuberances running in a straight line from the base to the point. It was of a golden hue and hallow at the root. On the point of this horn there was another bundle of hairs, as large as a man's fist and reddish
It purifies water by dipping it's horn into lakes and as such, was hunted down for its horn, which (like many unicorns and horned creatures) was thought to have the ability to deal with poison. The inhabitants also often used its flesh and the hairs of its tail to create medicines.
Ethiopia's Yale
The yale is described as an antelope- or goat-like creature with the tusks of a boar and large horns. These horns possess the ability to swivel in any direction which makes them good for both offensive and defensive attacks. Even though it has three horns it is often associated with unicorns.
Central and Southern Africa's Ndzoo-Dzoo (Abu Qarn)
on the forehead has a long and straight horn, either the color of alabaster or black. This horn is movable; the creature usually lets it hang freely, but straightens it for combat and tosses the enemy onto another, smaller horn located behind the first.
Garcia de Orta referred to an unknown but reliable authority, which stated that in South Africa, between Cape of Good Hope and Cape Correntes, there lives a creature shaped like a horse with a single horn on the forehead, which it is able to raise and lower at will, as well as turn left and right, depending on the current need and mood. This horn, measuring two palms, is an excellent antidote against poison.
the size of a horse, extremely fleet and strong. It has a single horn on its forehead, 24â30 inches long. It is flexible when the animal is asleep; can be curled like the trunk of the elephant, but becomes perfectly firm and hard when the animal is excited. The creature is extremely fierce and attacks man every time it sees him. If the target runs atop the tree, it will savagely butt it with its horn, never failing to break it down. Only the males have the horn.
Sudan's A'nasa
It was of reddish color, the size of a pony and had the slender form of an antelope. The male was armed with a single horn on the forehead; the female lacked it. Some said its hoof was divided, other that it was solid.
it is a size of a small donkey, has a thick body and thin bones, coarse hair and tail like a boar. It has a long horn on its forehead and lets it hang when alone, but erects it immediately when seeing the enemy. It can be found to the south-south-west from Melpes.
Madagascar's SongĂČmby
It lives in forests and eats plants, insects, and humans.
size of an ox or a horse, exceedingly fast, burdened with floppy ears, and a man-eater. It looks something like a horse, a mule, or an ox. It has flaring nostrils and terrible incisors. Its prominent ears dangle over its eyes and can distract it at crucial moments.
looks like a donkey with spots. It eats grass but if it sees people it chases them. It comes out at night to graze. When climbing mountains they are fast as horses, but when they go down they move slowly because their ears flop over their eyes.
It has tufts of hair at its feet. It may have backswept horns or no horns at all. Its hooves are so hard they strike sparks from the ground.
It sprinkles itchy hair (lay) from its nostrils. If its prey tries to escape by climbing a tree, the itchiness brought on by the lay will make the victim try to scratch itself, falling out of the tree.
rhinoceros, that had a single long straight or nearly straight black horn.
Zambia's Ichisonga
pachyderm-slayer from the folklore of the Lambas of Zambia, usually found in the Kafue River. It is a herbivorous water beast that resembles a rhinoceros and has a horn on its forehead.
Although a grass-eater, the ichisonga has a special hatred for the hippopotamus. If an ichisonga hears a hippo, it leaves the Kafue River, traveling along the bank so the hippo does not scent it. Then it re-enters the water, goes for the largest bull hippo, and stabs it to death with its horn.
If an elephant is killed nearby, the ichisonga will roar and drive the hunters away from the carcass. It then stays near the elephantâs remains for days until the carcass rots
Congo's Emela-Ntouka
The Emela-ntouka is claimed to be around the size of an African Bush Elephant. brownish to gray in color, with a heavy tail, and with a body of similar shape and appearance to a rhinoceros, including one long horn on its snout. no frills or ridges along the neck. The animal is alleged to be semi-aquatic and feed on Malombo and other leafy plants. The Emela-ntouka is claimed to utter a vocalization, described as a snort, rumble or growl.
Emela-ntouka seems to resemble a ceratopsian, a type of dinosaur with horns like Styracosaurus and the famous Triceratops according to Dr. Roy Mackal (while searching the Congo for the Mokele-mbembe, the man had collected accounts of these Emela-ntouka). Cryptozoologist Loren Coleman, however, believes it is an aquatic rhinoceros rather than a ceratopsian.
It is slightly larger than an elephant, which it reportedly hunts.
Ethiopia's Arweharis
Hiob Ludolf says Ethiopians know a beast called arweharis in Amharic or harish in Arabic. It is similar to a goat with one horn, very strong, fierce and swift of foot.
Ethiopia's Five unamed unicorns
Some recalled the description of Cosmas Indicopleustes, who visited Ethiopia around AD 550 and saw four brazen figures of a unicorn in the palace of the king. The denizens described to him a terrible beast, whose strength lies in his horn. When he finds himself pursued by hunters, he springs onto the top of some precipice and casts himself down. In the air, he turns a somersault so that the horn absorbs all the shock of the fall and he escapes unhurt.
Luis del MĂĄrmol Carvajal said the unicorn lives in the snowy peaks of the Mountains of the Moon in Ethiopia, where the Nile takes its source. It looks like a two-year old colt of ash color, but has the beard of a goat. It has a single ivory horn on the forehead. It sheds the horn like a stag and hunters find these in the wilderness.
Ludovico di Varthema, the first European to travel to Mecca in the disguise of a pilgrim, reported seeing two unicorns in an enclosed space in the temple: a gift from the king of Ethiopia to the sultan of Mecca. They looked like bay horses, but had the heads of hinds and cloven hooves. Their necks were not so long with manes hanging on one side. Their legs were thin, slender and very shaggy on the hind part.
A fine horse of bay color with black tail and long mane hanging to the ground. On its forehead grows a single white horn, five palms long. It was said to be very fearful and shy.
mentioned one-horned cows in the town of Zeila in Ethiopia.
Central Africa's Unamed Unicorn
body of a horse, the hooves of a cow, sorrel (chestnut) coat and a single black horn on the forehead
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There are four pure lions in the Mystical Himmapan Forest in Thailand's mythology
Bunta Rajasri
Buntu Rajasri or Buntu Sura Mareu Kin is one of the four pure lions with uniform yellowish hair covering entire body. Buntu Rajasris are large carnivores that favor large animals like deer, buffalo, elephant, and sometimes even human. In the old story book which tells about the Himmapan forest describes a Buntu Rajasri as a large lion with a body as large as a cattle with fallen leaf like yellow color.
Kala Sriha
Kala Sriha is one of the four pure lions in the Himapan legend and is herbivorous in nature. With the body as large as a male cattle, the entire body of Kala Sriha is covered with black fur. (The word "Kala" means black.)
It's worth mentioning that the other herbivorous pure lion is Tina Sriha. While Kala Srihas do not eat meat, it doesn't mean they are not dangerous. A Kala Sriha has a body as strong as a lion's and able to roar loudly. It's said that only a simple roar of a Rajasri can hurt other animals. A Kala Sriha, like other lions, possesses the 7 characteristics of a lion.
Kraisorn Rajasri
lion with red mane, red lips, red tail tip, and red paws.
The Kraisorn Rajasri belongs to the group of pure lions. The Kraisorn Rajasri is a solitary animal and able to communicate with others of its kind through a variety of sounds, including roars and grunts.
It feeds mainly on large animals. With a large, broad head, and heavily muscled quarters, the lion is a perfect hunter. It hunts mostly on the ground, stalking or ambushing its prey and able to consume large animals like deer, mule, or horse in a single meal.
Tinna Sriha
Tinna Sriha is said to have red body with horse like hooves. Tinna Sriha is herbivorous in nature.
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