The Dullahan, Durahan or Dullaghan is a type of mythical creature in Irish folklore. It is also known as Gan Ceann meaning the one without a head in Irish. He is portrayed as a Headless Horseman riding a black horse while holding his own head aloft in one hand. According to legend, it represents the Celtic deity Crom Dubh. Ireland is where the house of Dullahan tale originated. A horrible smirk that reaches both ends of the skull is typically present in the mouth. Even on the darkest nights its eyes, which are continually moving, can be see across the countryside. It is reported that the flesh of the head resembles mouldy cheese in both colour and texture. The Dullahan are said to use the human spine of a corpse as a whip and its cart is decorated with funeral relics: it includes candles in skulls to illuminate the route, thigh bone spokes for the wheels, and worm-chewed pall or dried human skin for the covering. An individual is destined to pass away where the Dullahan finishes riding, according to old Irish belief. The victim promptly passes away after hearing the Dullahan cry out their name and steal their soul. There are claims that golden items have the power to make the Dullahan vanish. [Information Credit : Dullahan, Wikipedia] [Image-Created by Artificial Intelligence Using the Craiyon AI from www.wandb.ai ] #Mythology
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