horn of plenty

plural horns of plenty · alternative plenty's horn

1. A cornucopia.

   There are other mysteries expressed by the bison horn, the Paleolithic original of which the classical cornucopia is a copy: the horn of plenty is the universal vulva from which emerge all the creatures of life, plants, animals, and humans.

   1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 105

2. An edible chanterelle of species (Craterellus cornucopioides.

   Synonyms: black chanterelle, black trumpet, trumpet of the dead