Alas, the 'wild' Unicorn is captured when it lays its head with penetrative horn upon a 'gentle' virgin's lap. Although sentient woman may always be wild, the fabulous unicorn - once hunted like the lion - remains today only as prancing fairy tale or chained emblem. So who is left for service?

Horse Headed Sceptre

      The medieval follower of Christ no longer esteemed nor honored the Lioness. Nonetheless he needed to bestow some of her qualities onto his horse. Displacing his fear of the truly feral upon the fantastic Unicorn, he pillaged her attributes to render his new synthesizing beast as 'strong and cruel as the Lion'. And to replace the leonine cast-off and thus balance his new equation, he established the 'docile' Virgin, a perverse status reflecting his domestic need to tame desire in woman.

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