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The “Unicorn” is an animal from Western mythology. It resembles a horse or a small goat but on its forehead it has a beautiful horn. This image made its earliest appearance in Mesopotamian drawings. Later, it consistently acted in the West as a symbol of good fortune and perfection.
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Yue, D. (2016). Misreadings in the Search for Commonality Between Chinese and Western Culture. In: China and the West at the Crossroads. China Academic Library. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1116-0_28
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