Monoseus: Constellation of the legendary unicorn

Monoseus - another legend of unicorn

Constellation of Monoseus is situated between two hounds in the night sky: Canis Major and Canis Minor. Its existence was defined by the astronomer Petrus Plancius in 16the century.
Comparing to its shinning and obvious neighbors, Monoseus mainly consisted of stars which are less obvious and hard to find. The presence of a rose nebula makes it even less prominent.

Legends of Monoseus from different sources

Monoseus is a Greek word. In English, this legend creature is generally known as Unicorn.
Unicorn is a legendary creature beginning from Greek legends with an outlook similar to a horse but with a horn in the center of its forehead. It has a ferocious nature and can only be calm by the hug of a virgin. Besides the horn, unicorn also has several characteristics like a tail of a lion, beard of a male goat, and eyes in ocean blue color. Its horn is said to have magical power, and can purify all toxic and polluted waters to be clear and harmless again, showing its symbolic deep relationship with power of water.
Unicorn has existed in Old testament bible and part of it has been inherited by the bulls nowadays.
There were also some more detailed descriptions about unicorn as real organism, the most famous one was from Ctesias, a doctor and historian in Greece in around 400 B.C., when he was working as a doctor for King Artaxerxes II of Persia. He said he had come across unicorn in his trip to India. However, no description or proof can be found that he had actually been there and it was still a mystery whether his foundings is true or not.
Unicorn was also worshipped by ancient Celt before the spread of Christianity in Northern Africa. Some historians claimed the different tales and myths of Unicorn in various cultures are indeed combination and mixing of various legends, a by product of development of cultures.