Editing Winged unicorn (section)

==Ancient depictions==
[[File:Detail of the embroidered dress of an Apkallu, showing 4-legged winged and horned animals. From Nimrud, Iraq. 883-859 BCE. Ancient Orient Museum, Istanbul.jpg|thumb|upright|Detail of the embroidered dress of an [[Apkallu]], showing four-legged winged and horned animals. From [[Nimrud]], Iraq. 883–859 BCE. [[Museum of the Ancient Orient]], Istanbul]]
Winged unicorns have been depicted in art. Ancient [[Achaemenid Assyria]]n seals depict winged unicorns and winged bulls as representing evil, but winged unicorns can also represent light.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0OarxGMWrgkC&pg=PA18 |page= 18 |isbn= 9780766185302 |title= The Unicorn: A Mythological Investigation |last= Brown |first= Robert |year= 2004 |publisher= Kessinger Publishing}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title= The Ancient Seals from the Near East in the Metropolitan Museum: Old and Middle Persian Seals |first= Hans Henning |last= Von Der Osten |journal= The Art Bulletin |volume= 13 |issue= 2 |date= June 1931 |pages= 221–41 |doi= 10.2307/3050798 |jstor= 3050798}}</ref>