Dullahan
The Dullahan is a type of legendary creature in Irish folklore depicted as a headless rider on a black horse, or as a coachman, who carries his own head. There is doubt as to whether the Dullahan was originally a part of the Irish oral tradition, as it is not widely described in native sources.
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“Croker's Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland (1828) contained a section on 'The Dullahan' devoted to the lore of headless beings...he discovers her to be a Dullahan...he finds a wheel of torture set with severed heads (skulls) and headless Dullahans”
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“Irish mythology features a similar creature known as a dullahan, whose head would be tucked under their arm (dullahans were not one, but an entire species). The head was said to have large eyes and a smile that could reach the head's ears.”
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