A winged unicorn (cerapter, flying unicorn, pegacorn, or unisus) is a fictional ungulate, typically portrayed as a horse, with wings like

Pegasus Pegasus ( grc-gre, Πήγασος, Pḗgasos; la, Pegasus, Pegasos) is one of the best known creatures in Greek mythology. He is a winged divine stallion usually depicted as pure white in color. He was sired by Poseidon, in his role as hor ...

and the horn of a unicorn. In some literature and media, it has been referred to as an alicorn, a Latin word for the horn of a unicorn, especially in alchemical texts, or as a pegacorn, a portmanteau of pegasus and unicorn.

Description

Winged unicorns have been depicted in art. Ancient Achaemenid Assyrian seals depict winged unicorns and winged bulls as representing evil, but winged unicorns can also represent light. Irish poet W. B. Yeats wrote of imagining a winged beast that he associated with ecstatic destruction. The beast took the form of a winged unicorn in his 1907 play ''The Unicorn from the Stars'' and later that of the rough beast slouching towards Bethlehem in his poem "

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Other representations in media

*In '' Sailor Moon SuperS'', a man named

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, the Guardian Priest the (

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and guardian) of Elysion who guard the Golden Crystal, took the form of a pegasus, which is depicted as an alicorn, having both a golden horn and wings, as he hid from the Dead Moon Circus after having been imprisoned by

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. He is voiced by Taiki Matsuno in ''Sailor Moon'', while Yoshitsugu Matsuoka voices him in ''

Sailor Moon Eternal ''Sailor Moon Eternal'' is a 2021 Japanese two-part animated action fantasy film based on the ''Dream'' arc of the '' Sailor Moon'' manga by Naoko Takeuchi, that serves as a direct continuation and a "fourth season" for the ''Sailor Moon Cryst ...

''. In the Cloverway English adaptation, he is voiced by

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and in the Viz Media English adaptation, he is voiced by Chris Niosi. In the English dub of ''Sailor Moon Eternal'', he is voiced by Brian Beacock. In the musicals, Pegasus is voiced by Yuta Enomoto.1996 Sailor Moon Musical ''Sailor Moon Super S (Kaiteiban) Yume Senshi - Ai - Eien ni... Saturn Fukkatsu Hen!'' *In ''

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' is an animated children's television series based on the fourth incarnation of Hasbro's ''My Little Pony'' franchise. The series follows a studious unicorn (later an alicorn) pony named Twilight Spark ...

'', alicorns have made several appearances, including

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and her younger sister Luna who formerly ruled Canterlot, then Princess Candace, the ruler of the Crystal Empire and her daughter Flurry Heart, and her sister-in-law

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, who formerly lived in Ponyville and now lives in Canterlot as the current ruler of Equestria. *In '' Sofia the First'', the Mystic Isles episodes, one of isles have called the Isle of Unicorns where the winged unicorns were, and in episode 29 of the 4th season "Forever Royal, Part 2", Sofia use the amulet of Avalor to change her into an winged unicorn.

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