Simliar Creatures
Other existing animals that have inspired the idea of the unicorn are the oryx, eland, and aurochs. Some people even claimed they’ve seen unicorns when in reality they had just seen two-horned animals that had lost a horn through a fight or mutation. Another possibility is the Indian rhinoceros, and, as we will see, something like a rhinoceros might actually be the origin of the unicorn myth.Â