| 词条 | Monoceros (legendary creature) |
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The monoceros ({{lang-el|μονόκερως}}) is a legendary animal with only one horn related to the unicorn. MythologyIt derives from the Greek word μονόκερως (monokerōs), a compound word from μόνος (monos) which means "only one" / "single" and κέρας (keras) (neuter gender), which means "horn". The monoceros was first described in Pliny the Elder's Natural History as a creature with the body of a horse, the head of a stag (minus the antlers), the feet of an elephant, and the tail of a wild boar. It has one black horn in the middle of its forehead, which is two cubits (about {{convert|1|m|ft|0|abbr=in|disp=or}}) in length, and is impossible to capture alive.[1] Cosmas Indicopleustes in the Christian Topography writes that he hasn't seen the animal, but he has seen brazen figures of it at the palace of the King of Aethiopia and from these figures he was able to draw it. He also mention that the people speak of it as a terrible beast and invincible and all its strength lies in his horn. When it is pursued by many hunters and is about to being caught, it springs up to the top of some precipice whence and falls down and while failing it turns so that the horn sustains all the shock of the fall, and it escapes unhurt.[2]In today's English language, the term monoceros typically refers to a unicorn or similar one-horned creature.[3] See also
References1. ^{{cite book|last1=introduction|first1=Pliny the Elder ; translated with an|last2=Healy|first2=notes by John F.|title=Natural history.|date=1991|publisher=Penguin Books|location=London, England|isbn=9780140444131}} {{legendary-creature-stub}}Monoseros2. ^Cosmas Indicopleustes, Christian Topography, § 335 3. ^{{cite web|title=monoceros|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/121310?redirectedFrom=monocerus#eid|website=OED Online|publisher=Oxford University Press|accessdate=30 October 2014}} 5 : Medieval European legendary creatures|Legendary mammals|Mythological hybrids|Unicorns|Mythological horses |
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