Contents

SECTION

PAGE

FOREWORD.

v

I.

THE HERALDIC UNICORN

1

II.

OPINIONS RESPECTING THE TERRESTRIAL EXISTENCE OF THE UNICORN

8

III.

THE UNICORN IN ARCHAIC ART

14

IV.

DEUS LUNUS

33

V.

THE LUNAR PHASES

37

VI.

HEKATÊ

41

VII.

MEDOUSA THE GORGÔ

47

VIII.

INÔ AND MELIKERTES

59

IX.

THE THREE-LEGGED ASS OF THE BUNDAHIS

62

X.

ASPECTS OF THE MOON

69

XI.

THE CONTEST BETWEEN THE LION AND THE LEOPARD

73

XII.

THE LION AND THE UNICORN

79

ABBREVIATIONS

94

INDEX

95