Licornes. Celles qui existent et celles qui n’existent pas. Protohistoire introduced by an unpublished poem

introduced by an unpublished poem by Salah Stétié and a substantial study by Yves Peyré

starting with Gauguin

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

and the result of several years of personal research

Licornes. Celles qui existent et celles qui n’existent pas. Protohistoire introduced by an unpublished poemVideo game character, pajama motif, Harry Potter creature, or beauty tutorial medium: the unicorn, a pop culture icon, is everywhere today.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