| | + | The existence of unicorns is controversial. Secular opinion is that they are mythical. However, they are referred to in the Bible nine times,<ref name="unicorn_id">[http://www.learnthebible.org/q-a-identity-of-the-unicorn.htm "The Identity of the Unicorn"]</ref> which provides an unimpeachable ''de facto'' argument for their once having been in existence. |
| − | The existence of unicorns is a controversy. Clearly they don't exist now, but they may have roamed the earth prior to the Great Flood <ref>http://www.learnthebible.org/q-a-identity-of-the-unicorn.htm</ref>. Noah either didn't find space for them on the Ark, or for some reason, decided to leave them behind.
| + | In the original texts, unicorns go by the [[Hebrew]] name ''Re-em'' whereas the [[Greek]] [[Septuagint]] used the name ''Monokeros''.<ref name="dinobible">[http://www.genesispark.com/genpark/bible/bible.htm "Dinosaurs in the Bible"], Genesis Park</ref> ''Unicorn'' itself is [[Latin]]. All three names mean "one [[horn]]". |
| | + | While popularly characterized as a horned member of the horse [[baramin]], it is likely that the unicorn was actually quite unhorselike. One recognized theory is that the unicorn was actually the rhinoceros,<ref name="unicorn_id"/> however a growing number of Creation researchers are theorizing that the unicorn was actually a member of the [[triceratops | ceratopsian]] baramin.<ref name="dinobible"/> |