The Dullahan - The Legend Of The Headless Horseman Of Celtic Mythology | Irish Mythology Explained

DULLAHAN The Legend Of The Headless Horseman Of Celtic Mythology | Irish & Celtic Folklore Explained. The Dullahan, The headless horseman of the Irish and Celtic mythology and folklore is well known to be a harbinger of death. But unlike the banshee, which is a wailing fairy, the Dullahan doesn’t warn people from a forthcoming death, the Dullahan harvests the souls of those about to die. The myths and legends surrounding the Dullahan was known far all around Europe and was later involved in the American Culture, through The legend of Sleepy Hollow written by the American author Washington Irving. also known as Far Dorocha, the Dullahan was the embodiment of Death. THe dullahan, headless horseman was the one driving the sinister Coiste Bodhar, known in English as the Death coach (deaf or silent coach). A lot of scholars came accross the legend of the Dullahan, Johnson Westropp mention the headless horseman in A folklore survey of County Clare. As well as the brothers Grimm, which they mentioned a lot in nume