The great Rhino horn debate, show all?

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I THINK THE POPULARITY OF RHINO HORN COMES MORE FROM THE MAGICAL PROPERTIES THAN FROM THE BEAUTY OR PRACTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MATERIAL. THE RHINO WAS A IMPRESSIVE,POWERFUL, DANGEROUS BEAST THAT WOULD SOMETIMES ATTACK MOST ANYTHING. UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES HUNTERS WOULD LEAVE A RHINO ALONE AND SEEK EASIER GAME UNLESS HUNTING THEM WAS DONE JUST TO SHOW HOW BRAVE THE INDIVIDUAL WAS.

IN AREAS WHERE THERE WERE NO RHINO STORIES OF THEM WERE TOLD AND THUS LEGENDS AROSE OF THE UNICORN AND ALL ITS MAGICAL POWERS.
MEDICINE AND MAGIC WERE CLOSE TO THE SAME THING IN THOSE DAYS SO VARIOUS PARTS OF THESE MAGICAL BEASTS WERE SAID TO HAVE DIFFERENT VALUES AS CHARMS, FETISH AND MEDICINES. UNICORN HORN, DRAGON BONES, TIGER BONES, GIANT BONES AND ANY OTHER MAGICAL PLANTS, CRYSTALS OR FOSSILS WERE SAID TO HAVE THESE MAGICAL POWERS AND BECAUSE OF THE LEGENDS WERE IN DEMAND. IT IS INTERESTING THAT THE LEGENDARY UNICORN WAS A LAND ANIMAL UNDOUBTABLY THE RHINO BUT THE NARWHALE HORN WAS SOLD AS THE TRUE UNICORN HORN DURING CERTAN TIMES.
IN OMAN THE RHINO HORN IS THE MOST DESIRABLE MATERIAL FOR DAGGER HANDLES BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT IT IS A OLD TRADITION. IN (ABYSSINIA) ETHIOPIA RHINO HORN HANDLES WERE PREFERED IF YOU COULD AFFORD THEM. IN CHINA THE HORNS WERE CARVED INTO ELABORATE CUPS, BEADS AND OTHER ITEMS.