The Goldhorn

One of the most famous legends of the Slovene Alps, The Goldhorn tells a story about a mythical ibex with golden horns, a heartbroken hunter, greed, and about what happens when the Man oversteps the border between him and Nature. For Google Arts & Culture, the story is interpreted by folk tale enthusiast and researcher Dušica Kunaver. Illustration by Meta Wraber. Source: Slovenian Folktales/12 slovenskih ljudskih pripovedi, Dušica Kunaver in Brigita Lipovšek, Ljubljana, 2012; original source: Koroške pripovedke, Vinko Möderndorfer, Ljubljana, 1972.