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Dullahan
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thumb|300px|Dullahan, the headless horseman
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Folk beliefs
- Description
- Behavior
- Sight
- Whip
- Folk tales
- See also
- Explanatory notes
- References
- Citations
- General and cited references
- External links
thumb|300px|Dullahan, the headless horseman
The Dullahan (Irish: Dubhlachan; dúlachán, ) 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 is not widely described in native sources, there is doubt as to whether the Dullahan was originally a part of the Irish oral tradition.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dullahan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.