Weird A-Z. Y is for the Yale (aka Centicore)
Pliny the Elder tells us: 'The yale is found in Ethiopia. It is black or tawny colour, and has the tail of an elephant and the jaws of a boar. Its horns are more than a cubit in length and are moveable; in a fight the horns are used alternately, pointed forward or sloped backward, as needed.'
According to legend, its long and flexible horns can move independently in any direction. When it fights, it keeps one horn pointed backward, so that if the horn it is fighting with is damaged, it can bring the other to the front. The yale is the size of a horse.
The basilisk is the enemy of the yale, and if a basilisk fins one asleep, it stings it between the eyes causing its eyes to swell until they burst.
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