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The Dullahan
The Dullahan is a legend from Ireland, IE β a folk story passed down over generations. This file collects its origins, its meaning and how it has been retold.
Where does the legend of The Dullahan come from?
- Location
- Ireland, IE
- Kind of legend
- Ghost story
- Coordinates
- 53.413, -8.244
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What is the legend of The Dullahan?
Across the rural roads of Ireland rides the Dullahan, one of the most dreaded figures of Celtic folklore, a headless horseman who is death itself made flesh. He gallops a black charger through the night, holding his own severed head aloft in one hand; its skin is the colour of mouldy cheese, its mouth fixed in a hideous grin, and its eyes dart about, seeing across great distances. For a whip he wields a human spine, and where he halts, a person is fated to die. When the Dullahan stops his ride and calls a name aloud, that soul drops dead at once, for no gate or lock can bar his passage; bolts fly open at his approach. He tolerates no witnesses, lashing out the eyes of the curious or dousing them with a basin of blood. Yet the old people knew one defence: the Dullahan cannot abide gold, and even a single gold coin or pin may drive him off. Often linked to the Celtic god Crom Dubh, once honoured with heads, the Dullahan endures as Ireland's grim rider, a herald whose visit no one survives.
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