Talk:Celestia/@comment-58.175.138.227-20111024115325/@comment-75.198.124.142-20111111163359

The term alicorn was coined by author Piers Anthony. Many of us are Fantasy readers and have picked up the term and others have picked it up from us. If Hasbro has or not I doubt it. I still will call them alicorns and always will but everyone - and I do mean Everyone! is entitled to their own opinion on the matter.

*1993, Piers Anthony, Demons Don't Dream, Tor Books, page 61

An alicorn. A winged unicorn. There aren't many, but sometimes a griffin and a unicorn will meet at a love spring—well, I don't know what happens, but then we have alicorns.

Which also explains where alicorns come from. But like I said that is one Fantasy Author and a lot of fans who have picked up on his term.