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The next oldest unicorn appeared as perhaps the most unusual of all. In fact this "unicorn", written about in an Indian epic, appeared as a young man named Risharinga. The horn in the middle of his forehead separated him from all others. Born of the union between a Hindu holy man and an antelope doe, this child lived a secluded life. In a city nearby a drought devastated the land. The king dreamed strange dreams during this time. His priests told him the dreams were a sign that he needed to find the unicorn boy Risharinga. The king sent his daughter to find Risharinga. When the two met they instantly fell in love. The princess returned to her city with Risharinga, but when he saw the devastation of the drought he began to weep. As he wept a strong soaking rain fell to replenish the land. Risharinga married the princess. Hindu readers understood that the mother doe came as a maiden under a spell. This whole story characterizes the Hindu style nicely and gives a new view of the unicorn.
In 235-170 B.C a Roman writer known as Aelian exhibited a great degree of imagination. He claimed two unicorns existed. One resembled Cestias's unicorn, but the second possessed attributes unique to Aelian. His second unicorn lived in the Indian Mountains. Possessing one black horn and reddish hair, it sped over the plain. Its mane shook as it ran, and its elephant feet pounded the ground as its tiny goat tail waved behind it.
Even Julius Caesar saw a unicorn! He claimed to see it in the Hycynan Forrest in Germany. It took the shape of a stag, but it looked like an ox. It owned a single horn, which, though standing tall and straight like a usual unicorn's horn, branched out at the top. Historians theorize Caesar saw a reindeer, though why he saw only one horn we will never know.
Later, another naturalist known as Plinny the Elder, who lived in Rome at around 23-79 A.D, found the monocerous in India. Again this unicorn displayed horse-like and stag-like qualities plus the feet of an elephant and the tail of a boar.
