dullahans

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A form of dullahan — A black-clad (usually male) horserider in Irish folklore which carries its severed head like a lantern and may be repelled by gold; when it stops riding (or calls out someone's name), someone will die. (Also called the Gan Ceann, Irish for "[one] without a head".)

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Meanings

dullahans1

noun
  1. pluralplural of dullahan

Dullahans2

noun
  1. pluralplural of Dullahan
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