Cloven

Since then, the cloven shoe has been reinterpreted endlessly and been worn by everyone from Anya Taylor-Joy to Nick Jonas.

And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

But horses lack cloven hooves (upper right).

In European folklore, the unicorn is often depicted as a white horse-like or goat-like animal with a long horn and cloven hooves (sometimes a goat's beard).

Mammals that both chew their cud ( ruminate ) and have cloven hooves can be kosher.

Medieval art often depicts unicorns as small, with cloven hooves and beards, sometimes resembling goats more than horses with horns.

Oxen hooves are cloven (split), and they had to be shod with two curved pieces of metal, one on each side of the hoof.

Permitted and forbidden animals Examples of cloven hooves in goats (upper left), pigs (lower left) and cattle (lower right).

The majority of these mammals have cloven hooves, with two smaller ones known as the dewclaws that are located further up on the leg.

The most common description is that of a kangaroo-like creature with the face of a horse, the head of a dog, leathery bat-like wings, horns, small arms with clawed hands, cloven hooves and a forked tail.