I came across this story during my research as well, and it's really interesting to see how valuable they were at that time. I guess they really believed them to come from unicorns!
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I came across this story during my research as well, and it's really interesting to see how valuable they were at that time. I guess they really believed them to come from unicorns!
Did you come across the hypothesis that the norse traders knew exactly where they came from, but encouraged the mythology
(and closely guarded the secret) to make more money when selling horns?
No, I didn't. But that's really cool! Totally sounds like something the norse traders would do though, and it makes for a really cool story.
A way of fooling the rich one's indeed...
Rich people often think that buying unique mystic things will make them look more noble and posses good taste...
That's true. And it's a huge problem for many of the species who are being hunted and killed for this industry.