Abath

Abath

Accounts of the Abath were brought back by 16th-century European travellers to the Malay Peninsula. Described as female, with a single horn growing from its forehead, these were probably the result of a half-glimpsed Javan or Sumatran rhinoceros. Like the unicorn, a powder made from this horn served both as an aphrodisiac and as an antidote to poison. However, since the unicorn was invariably represented as male, and since there was only ever one in existence at any time, the Abath seems to have developed independently from the European myths of the one-horned creature.

References

*Rose, Carol. "Giants, Monsters, and Dragons". Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2000. ISBN 0-87436-988-6.

ee also

*alicorn
*Chio-Tuan
*Qilin


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