Home›Horned Beasts›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups mythical creatures by the wider artistic and religious tradition that pictures them. Wikipedia notes that "in medieval art, animals, both real and mythical, played important roles." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every creature from one cultural tradition together.FactsLearn MoreTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedMythical Creatures 1Learn MoreThe horned beasts This small group holds a horned beast, a mythical creature marked by its horns, a feature that in many traditions signals power, wildness or the sacred, as with the unicorn and other horned figures of legend. The browser will find the figure the atlas classes here. The entry describes its form and mythological role.TraditionFilter Results2 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll2,000,000,000 (1)2,300,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (2)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (2)Establishment StatusAllVaries by Province (2)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2010-01-01 (2)2011-01-27 (1)2011-12-19 (1)2020-01-01 (2)Origin Period End YearAll50 (1)632 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll30 (1)610 (1)Position on MarriageAllMarriage may licitly be polygynous (1)Position on SexualityAllSame-sex orientation or practice is held to bar full membership or participation (1)The body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (1)Position on UsuryAllInterest of any kind on a loan is forbidden (1)Practice StatusAllLiving, and practised in varied local forms (1)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (1)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTwo and a half percent. (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (2)TheologyAllMonotheistic: one God (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareChristianityTradition1 entryIslamTradition1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Giants, Monsters and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Mythtier 1Carol Rose, ABC-CLIO, 2000Horned mythical creatures across world folklore, including the unicornView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.