Unicorn



The unicorn is a white, horse-like creature with a single horn on its forehead. Fourth year students at Hogwarts study unicorns in the Care of Magical Creatures class.

Unicorns prefer a woman's touch, but the young are more trusting and don't mind men as much. Various parts of the unicorn - the horn and tail hair in particular - are used in potions and for the cores of wands. They inhabit the forests of Europe.

Unicorn foals are pure gold. They turn silver when they're about two years old. They grow horns at around four. At about seven years old, they're fully grown and turn pure white. They are so brightly white it makes snow look gray in comparison. Their hooves are golden and their blood is silver-blue in color and shines under moonlight.

The blood of a unicorn can be used to keep a person who is near death alive, but "you will have but a half-life, a cursed life, from the moment the blood touches your lips."

In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Voldemort drinks the blood of a unicorn that lives in the Forbidden Forest.