One of the overriding themes is the power of memory. It is here that the unicorn, superior and aloof to all mortals, is transformed into a mere human, taking the name "Lady Amalthea", forced to see and suffer human weakness and emotion firsthand. Their quest takes them to the barren lands of the embittered King Haggard, master of the Red Bull, and his naive foster son Prince Lír. She also meets allies who join her in her journey the incompetent but sweet-natured wizard Schmendrick and Molly Grue, a middle-aged bandit woman with a purer heart than most virgins. She is mistaken for a horse (much to her displeasure), captured and placed in a circus sideshow, and pursued by a demonic being-the Red Bull, which, according to local legend, is responsible for the disappearance of the other unicorns. Along the way, she learns through bitter experience of human cruelty, ignorance and greed.
Unwilling to accept this, the unicorn leaves the safety of her forest and sets out to find others of her kind, following the information given to her by a philosophical butterfly. In fact, they believe her to be the very last. Having never left her forest, the unicorn is surprised to overhear two hunters speaking about the disappearance of the unicorns. This eternal springtime is watched over, and caused by, its magical resident-a unicorn. In a certain lilac wood, the leaves and snow never fall. The Last Unicorn is a 1968 novel by Peter S.
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