Do Unicorns Exist? - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

Pop culture imagines unicorns as horses with a single horn in their forehead and associates them with cartoons and rainbows and social movements. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore their deep roots in history and long association with the Christian faith and whether there could be real unicorns.
mysterious.fm/316
Further Resources:
• Chris Lavers’s book The Natural History of Unicorns: amzn.to/3z3brRW
• St. Albert the Great’s book On Animals (vol. 1): amzn.to/45oeoZh
• St. Albert the Great’s book On Animals (vol. 2): amzn.to/4ciKWpH
• St. Hildegard of Bingen’s book Physica: amzn.to/45lRlhz
• Jimmy’s original video on Unicorns: • Are There Unicorns in ...
• David Livingstone: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L...
• Henry Stanley: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_M...
• Harry Johnston: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_J...
• AnimalLogic video on Okapis: • Okapi: The Forest Gira...

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  • @jditsfights256
    @jditsfights25612 күн бұрын

    I don’t understand how giraffes are real and unicorns aren’t. I saw a meme a long time ago that said “what’s more believable. A leopard-moose-camel hybrid with a 40 foot neck, or a horse with a horn.”

  • @popcornchicken6750

    @popcornchicken6750

    8 күн бұрын

    And the platapus

  • @user-jm4kz5bg9f

    @user-jm4kz5bg9f

    7 күн бұрын

    How about a long prehensile nose 🐽 that can fill up with gallons of water 💦 or lift a giant log 🪵 attached to a two-ton African mammoth 🦣?? There is no way the elephant 🐘 exists, yet there it is.

  • @richardkasper5822
    @richardkasper582212 күн бұрын

    Hildegard of Bingen wrote the most beautiful musical notes in history

  • @roseanndurso5837
    @roseanndurso583714 күн бұрын

    I believe in Unicorns! Love your program, Jimmy. BTW. Since movin' to your new locale, you are droppin' off the endin's of most words. Readin', writin', seein', etc. I used to work in radio and TV and notice how people speak ... including my own heavy New Jersey accent, which should never be confused with New York! And no, we don't say Joisey! Also, you may remember me from the Catholic Answers Cruises, #1, #2, and #4. I was the one who was seasick on #1, got quarantined in my room on #2, and missed the ship on #4! I don't cruise any longer! LOL

  • @rosecorcoran

    @rosecorcoran

    14 күн бұрын

    I love his new (or I guess original) accent

  • @Antipodean91
    @Antipodean9114 күн бұрын

    I note that Jimmy's southern accent has become more pronounced since he moved back to Arkansas 😊

  • @intermirificanm281
    @intermirificanm28114 күн бұрын

    The Answer = Rhino + Narwhal + Auroch + some flavor.

  • @JoshN91
    @JoshN9115 күн бұрын

    My daughter just asked me this two nights ago… I thought it best to tell her what I thought was the truth (as gently as I could). I hope Jimmy proves my answer wrong… 😅

  • @kimfleury
    @kimfleury15 күн бұрын

    To quote the late Rock Stevens -- popular high school teacher of my youth and my children's -- "It's FRIIIIIIIIIIIIDAAAAAAAYYYY!" He encouraged his students to shout it loud and proud at the start of every Friday class, so the cry would resound through the halls of the school. And these days, I associate it with _Jimmy Akins Mysterious World_ . May the soul of Rock Stevens rest in peace 🕊️

  • @swhitaker0311
    @swhitaker031114 күн бұрын

    Ooh cliffhanger! What a great episode. My four daughters have all gone through the “unicorn stage.” I can’t wait to share this info and hear the faith and reason next week.

  • @wildhunt3302
    @wildhunt330215 күн бұрын

    The rhino. At the time that the unicorn was written about in the Torah there was the wooly rhino that had a 5ft sword like horn. The ancient Israelite probably saw it themselves.

  • @josephmoya5098
    @josephmoya509814 күн бұрын

    Was not expecting a Animalogic-Jimmy Akin crossover today. But I am here for it.

  • @dalelerette206
    @dalelerette20615 күн бұрын

    I suspect some stories are actually Rhinoceroses from Roman Legends. However, some Scriptural ideas, like horses that carried Elijah into Heaven, may yet be found to have some spiritual link with a rainbow spectrum throughout all creation. I suspect they are more real than we are willing to admit.

  • @dutchmansmine9053

    @dutchmansmine9053

    15 күн бұрын

    I'm calling the Rhinoceros

  • @Ask-Jesus-for-the-Holy-Spirit

    @Ask-Jesus-for-the-Holy-Spirit

    14 күн бұрын

    They’re still alive today they were called single horn rhinoceroses

  • @dalelerette206

    @dalelerette206

    13 күн бұрын

    I suspect the Rock in Central Intelligence was right! Corns are powerful! kzread.info/dash/bejne/onmu3K5mdNfHpKg.html

  • @dalelerette206

    @dalelerette206

    12 күн бұрын

    @@Ask-Jesus-for-the-Holy-Spirit Corns are powerful. kzread.info/dash/bejne/onmu3K5mdNfHpKg.html

  • @dalelerette206

    @dalelerette206

    12 күн бұрын

    @@dutchmansmine9053 kzread.info/dash/bejne/f2lruLCYkpysgrA.html The Last Unicorn: Death and the Legacy of Fantasy

  • @jeditear1
    @jeditear115 күн бұрын

    As always! Thanks so much! Keep them coming… and I’m excited to hear more about Hildegard.

  • @carolinecorreia4375
    @carolinecorreia437514 күн бұрын

    Great picture of Mt. Redoubt volcano eruption! I live in view of that volcano, in Alaska, and I remember it erupting when I was a kid! Half the sky (in the Soldotna area) was covered in that ash cloud!😄 So cool to see my favorite childhood landmark in this show!

  • @allisonkellner5102
    @allisonkellner510210 күн бұрын

    Happy to hear St Hildegard mentioned.

  • @faithsaldana6597
    @faithsaldana659715 күн бұрын

    Excited for the next episode!

  • @blakehanson4683
    @blakehanson468314 күн бұрын

    My daughters had an argument about Unicorns this week, so I sat down with the KJV Bible and turned to the book of Job. Their little minds were blown. lol

  • @bryanhartman9053
    @bryanhartman905315 күн бұрын

    Excellent episode! Never heard of Ocapi until today.

  • @erincarter1469
    @erincarter146914 күн бұрын

    As an animal lover, I'd be seriously enraged being used to kill such a lovely creature. Also, The Last Unicorn has an interesting conversation on why she didn't go to a princess. The princess was just going through motions and her heart wasn't seeking. Unlike, the older cruelly used Molly Gru.

  • @richardkasper5822
    @richardkasper582212 күн бұрын

    I sometimes wonder why there's no pictures of dinosaurs found on ANY of the ancient cave paintings.

  • @nightyew2160

    @nightyew2160

    4 күн бұрын

    The current mainstream scientific consensus is that dinosaurs went extinct before humanity was born.

  • @regis_red

    @regis_red

    Күн бұрын

    Dinosaurs became extinct about 65 millions years before Humans came about.

  • @catholicbeth2371
    @catholicbeth237115 күн бұрын

    Of course unicorns exist. They exist in the same universe as the one where athiest arguments are rational and coherent.

  • @NGAOPC

    @NGAOPC

    15 күн бұрын

    I like the idea of argumentative atheists being in the same possible world as unicorns. And “birds”.

  • @manny-9261

    @manny-9261

    15 күн бұрын

    But.. but… why do bad things happen? Checkmate, theists!

  • @atrifle8364

    @atrifle8364

    15 күн бұрын

    ​@@NGAOPC- Atheists are argumentive. Their arguments however, are less than rational and consistent.

  • @cw-on-yt

    @cw-on-yt

    14 күн бұрын

    Theists Deboonked! 😁

  • @nisonatic

    @nisonatic

    14 күн бұрын

    Ah, must be the same universe where government spending is perfectly reasonable because unicorns crap money.

  • @pavman42
    @pavman4214 күн бұрын

    Wow, didn't see the cliffhanger coming!

  • @tellmealittlebitaboutyours9690
    @tellmealittlebitaboutyours969015 күн бұрын

    Strong “ yes” from me.

  • @mattbonner12
    @mattbonner1210 күн бұрын

    I have a couple of animals in mind. The earlier Roman accounts I think are probably rhinos. They had odd ways of describing animals (just look at their description of a hippo). I can't remember the name of the other animal, but it basically is just a unicorn.

  • @sfelton20
    @sfelton2014 күн бұрын

    Love your content, sirs! Have y ou ever done the "Philadelphia Experiment?" I did not see it in your library.

  • @nightyew2160

    @nightyew2160

    4 күн бұрын

    I did it. I made it disappear. 😉

  • @marinanguish9928
    @marinanguish992814 күн бұрын

    Has Jimmy's Southern accent been coming back for awhile/always been there and I'm only starting to notice it recently, or has is it only just now starting to come back?

  • @rosecorcoran

    @rosecorcoran

    14 күн бұрын

    It's come back since he moved back home.

  • @jendoe9436

    @jendoe9436

    14 күн бұрын

    It’s been happening for a while, I feel. These videos are made and produced over a few weeks so I can see a few being less noticeable depending on when they were done. Will probably be fully Southern within the next few weeks 🤠

  • @FimiliarGalaxy9
    @FimiliarGalaxy913 күн бұрын

    Why was the ankle bone notable to early writers?

  • @josephmoya5098
    @josephmoya509814 күн бұрын

    Clearly the Indian animals being discussed are the Indian rhinoceros. Perhaps a variant with a longer horn that is no longer existent. But the alicorns of Europe are clearly Narwhal tusks. I am excited to learn that all my thoughts are actually wrong in the next episode though.

  • @BD-3x3
    @BD-3x313 күн бұрын

    Note that the Indus "unicorn" images only have one horn, but also only have one ear. So while the legs are staggered, they still might be "full profile" with respect to the head, and thus never intended to represent a one-horned creature at all. The Okapi might very easily have fooled a lot of people, seen in the deep, variegated shade of their natural habitat, and always fleetingly, it would be very easy to see their oddly-positioned horns as only one horn. As for the 7-foot spiral "alicorns," those are CLEARLY narwhal tusks! However, none of that makes me not believe in real unicorns. :)

  • @dutchmansmine9053
    @dutchmansmine905315 күн бұрын

    What does Jimmy think about the Magdeburg Unicorn?

  • @jendoe9436
    @jendoe943614 күн бұрын

    I’ve been back and forth on the unicorn thing. Totally believe there was/is some creature that could be viewed as a unicorn but not sure exactly how close the resemblance. I just go with the “rhinoceros are fat unicorns” joke normally 😂 Did not know about the big lore Christian lore surrounding unicorns 😮 but as soon as virgins were mentioned I figured it would be a Mary and Jesus reference 😅 Still fascinating. Also, those English dudes and their adventures with the locals tribes sound entertaining! I feel there could be quite a few Mysterious World episodes just on them 😁

  • @tonyl3762
    @tonyl376214 күн бұрын

    Hm, so that's why they took Charlie's kidney. IYKYK.

  • @Hogwa5hGaming

    @Hogwa5hGaming

    8 күн бұрын

    A liopleurodon wanted to get to candy mountain apparently...

  • @Ask-Jesus-for-the-Holy-Spirit
    @Ask-Jesus-for-the-Holy-Spirit14 күн бұрын

    Yes, the unicorn in the Bible was a single horn rhinoceros

  • @tylerrossjcl
    @tylerrossjcl15 күн бұрын

    It's a rhinoceros. And the spiral long horns are from narwhals. I'm callin it.

  • @JimmyAkin

    @JimmyAkin

    15 күн бұрын

    It's *more* than that! ☺

  • @atrifle8364

    @atrifle8364

    15 күн бұрын

    Narwhals and duck billed platypuses are proof positive that God has a sense of humor.

  • @tylerrossjcl

    @tylerrossjcl

    15 күн бұрын

    @@JimmyAkin I didn't say what kind of rhinoceros! As River Song says....spoilers!

  • @aprilblake2784
    @aprilblake278413 күн бұрын

    There are rhinos in both India and Africa and the description fits for the most part. If we don't try to make it a horse like all the paintings

  • @KevinJTracy
    @KevinJTracy13 күн бұрын

    The tragic events of the Unicorn Invasion of Dundee are proof of their historic existence.

  • @catholicbeth2371
    @catholicbeth237110 күн бұрын

    I wonder if sailors killed a narwhal for its oil and took his horn as a trophy claiming it came from a unicorn.

  • @markgraff8326
    @markgraff832614 күн бұрын

    Jimmy expect invitations from the Shawn Ryan Show and Tucker Carlson 👍

  • @JimmyAkin

    @JimmyAkin

    14 күн бұрын

    Happy to speak with them!

  • @user-jm4kz5bg9f
    @user-jm4kz5bg9f15 күн бұрын

    Didn't mystic seer Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich have visions of them in the Garden of Eden?

  • @atrifle8364

    @atrifle8364

    15 күн бұрын

    I say this hoping Anne is in Heaven adoring God.... don't take private revelation as news reports.

  • @Dim-yz6wk

    @Dim-yz6wk

    9 күн бұрын

    I agree! I think it existed. She mentions it clearly.

  • @Poeina
    @Poeina14 күн бұрын

    I love Unicorns! I’m so excited to listen to this

  • @erincarter1469
    @erincarter146914 күн бұрын

    Um several zookeepers I've seen have said Rhinocerous can be very friendly and dog-like with people they have known for awhile. Still need to be respectful.

  • @rosiegirl2485
    @rosiegirl248513 күн бұрын

    I have been noticing that Jimmy leaves the "g" silent in ending with "ing." Like the word "saying." Instead, he pronounces it as "sayin." I don't remember him doing this before. Also, it doesn't seem to fit with his study of languages. Has anyone else noticed this, or is it just me?

  • @anglaismoyen

    @anglaismoyen

    13 күн бұрын

    Why doesn't it fit with his study of languages?

  • @rosiegirl2485

    @rosiegirl2485

    12 күн бұрын

    @anglaismoyen Jimmy usually tries to pronounce words correctly as a point. So to hear him speaking in slang is out of character for him. Though I do understand it. I think we all do it in one degree or another. I was raised in a small town in Pa. known as West Conshohocken.(near Valley Forge.) It's an Indian name meaning Mount Pleasant. The town people know it by its slang name, West Conshy. If you grew up on the other side of the bridge, you were from Conshy. Nobody called it East Conshy. I have had people ask me where my accent was from. My point is that no matter where you were raised, we all have an original town slang. Including Jimmy Akin!

  • @anglaismoyen

    @anglaismoyen

    12 күн бұрын

    @@rosiegirl2485 There's a difference between slang and a dialect. He is pronouncing words correctly according to his dialect. He's made a video about it now to answer people's concerns.

  • @dylansimon6507
    @dylansimon650715 күн бұрын

    Hey Mr. Akin, there was this man on one of your reincarnation videos from a while back who talked about a researcher who thought that German soldiers in World War II reincarnated as Jews. This has been bothering me for a while and I just would like to know what your beliefs on the issue would be. I’m going to watch the video now. Thank you.

  • @Emschough
    @Emschough10 күн бұрын

    I liked the vid

  • @bryanhartman9053
    @bryanhartman905315 күн бұрын

    I also never knew that unicorns poop rainbows! 😂

  • @richardwenzl2413

    @richardwenzl2413

    14 күн бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/i5aNucqdfLKaY7Q.htmlfeature=shared

  • @richardwenzl2413

    @richardwenzl2413

    14 күн бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/i5aNucqdfLKaY7Q.htmlfeature=shared Proof that unicorns poop rainbows

  • @ToddJambon
    @ToddJambon15 күн бұрын

    Helpful hint: If you are looking for information on the Indian Wild Ass, make double sure to include the word "wild" in your search or you will get vulgar pictures.

  • @rezkerry8809
    @rezkerry880914 күн бұрын

    Alacorn = narwhal Classical accounts = Indian Rhino But I’m genuinely curious about the rest of your mysterious setups

  • @CarlosGarin-zg7ez
    @CarlosGarin-zg7ez15 күн бұрын

    They were hunted to extinction for their horns. I'm going with that.

  • @Ask-Jesus-for-the-Holy-Spirit

    @Ask-Jesus-for-the-Holy-Spirit

    14 күн бұрын

    It was a single horn rhinoceros. The Bible recorded the mutation of the rhinoceros from a dual horn to a single Horn.

  • @Poeina
    @Poeina14 күн бұрын

    ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

  • @michigangirl2450
    @michigangirl245013 күн бұрын

    If narwhals, why not unicorns?

  • @shellbackbeau7021
    @shellbackbeau702112 күн бұрын

    Unicorn!

  • @Miatpi
    @Miatpi14 күн бұрын

    Will look forward to the conclusion. My suspection is that it'll turn out to be the rhinosaurus.

  • @kennethprather9633
    @kennethprather96334 күн бұрын

    Yes, single horned rhinoceros do exist.

  • @martincorneille7998
    @martincorneille799811 күн бұрын

    What lives in India and Africa, has a single horn, is untamable, massive, powerful, has feets like an elephant ? Rhinos!! I bet you this will be next week's conclusion!

  • @joea8842
    @joea884214 күн бұрын

    What's going on with your accent?

  • @JimmyAkin

    @JimmyAkin

    14 күн бұрын

    My accent is changing now that I'm back in my home state of Arkansas.

  • @SupremeSkeptic
    @SupremeSkeptic8 күн бұрын

    Deuteronomy 33:17 states "hornS of a unicorn..." You sure they meant a UNICORN unicorn?

  • @davewilson6313
    @davewilson631314 күн бұрын

    If the answer is no, I'm unsubscribing.

  • @bastardofthesun331
    @bastardofthesun33115 күн бұрын

    Spoiler: the narwhal.

  • @dicebringer
    @dicebringer13 күн бұрын

    Narwhals.

  • @jmctigret
    @jmctigret13 күн бұрын

    I wonder if the atheist TJump going to listen to this?

  • @davidbloomquist5385
    @davidbloomquist538514 күн бұрын

    Could not get past his faux accent & affectations. Seemed interesting, but could not handle listening.

  • @JeffBoutte
    @JeffBoutte6 күн бұрын

    This accent is too much. I don't know anyone who drops every single g.

  • @velkyn1
    @velkyn115 күн бұрын

    unicorns are as imaginary as poor jimmy's god. Curious how both can't be shown to exist at all, no matter how hard the christian tries.

  • @anglaismoyen

    @anglaismoyen

    14 күн бұрын

    You being able to type this comment is proof that God exists.

  • @phrikaphrak40k

    @phrikaphrak40k

    14 күн бұрын

    Reddit moment

  • @velkyn1

    @velkyn1

    14 күн бұрын

    @@phrikaphrak40k nice to see you can't show I'm wrong, dear.

  • @velkyn1

    @velkyn1

    14 күн бұрын

    @@anglaismoyen Funny how that fails rather hilariously since every cult can make that same claim about their gods. Do show your god exists. Surely you can, right? Per the bible, all true followers of jesus can do miracles just like him and will get any prayer answered. I'll be looking forward to seeing that all amputees and burn victims are healed tomorrow.

  • @anglaismoyen

    @anglaismoyen

    14 күн бұрын

    @@velkyn1 There's only one conception of God that allows for that God to create something from nothing.

  • @MrMarcodarko
    @MrMarcodarko14 күн бұрын

    Unicorns and God are imaginary