ABATH

Abath was brought to Malay Peninsula by European travellers in the 16th-century. It is believed to be a female whose forehead has a horn growing out of it and somewhat looked similar to half-glimpsed Javan or Sumatran rhinoceros. It is also believed that powder made from the horn has medication effect such as aphrodisiac or antidotes. Some people believed that Abath is infact a male as unicorn invariably is not representing a female. It is truly a creature in the Malayan forlkore that developed independently from the origin of European myths of the creature that was once introduced by travellers.