Dullahan
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| + | The '''Dullahan''' is a type of [[legendary creature]] in [[Irish folklore]]. He is depicted as a [[Headless Horseman|headless rider]] on a [[black horse]], or as a coachman, who carries his own head. As it not widely attested in native sources, including no references to it on the extensive website of the [[Irish Folklore Commission]] Dúchas.ie, there is doubt as to whether the Dullahan was originally a part of the Irish oral tradition. | ||
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"Croker's book opened a new world of romance, and introduced the English reader to novel varieties of elf creatures, with outlandish Gaelic names; the Shefro; the Boggart; the Phooka, or horse-fiend; the Banshee, a familiar spirit which moans outside the door when a death impends; the Cluricaune, or cellar goblin; the Fir Darrig (Red Man); the Dullahan, or Headless Horseman."--A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century (1899) by Henry Augustin Beers |
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The Dullahan is a type of legendary creature in Irish folklore. He is depicted as a headless rider on a black horse, or as a coachman, who carries his own head. As it not widely attested in native sources, including no references to it on the extensive website of the Irish Folklore Commission Dúchas.ie, there is doubt as to whether the Dullahan was originally a part of the Irish oral tradition.
