> The question is: what did the original users of the term mean by it? African Rhinoceros! I don't remember the details but I think it was something on the li

> The question is: what did the original users of the term mean by it? African Rhinoceros! I don't remember the details but I think it was something on the line of a description of "a large horse with a single large horn". Now if you imagine a large _gray_ horse with a single large horn it looks quite similar to a Rihno from afar. Now where does the things about its horn being magical come from? Well Rihno horns are believed to have "magic" properties. And what about it being white? It was added later, by people which never had seen it, I mean what is the most "stunning" looking real horse? A grate white one (for many people). As a side note the unicorn from Siberia did exist alongside with humans, but is likely too old, to matter for the term unicorn. Through skeletons of it might have played a role, maybe.