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  2. Headless Horseman - Wikipedia

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    Depending on the legend, the Horseman is either carrying his head, or is missing his head altogether, and may be searching for it. Famous examples include the dullahan from Ireland, who is a demonic fairy usually depicted riding a horse and carrying his head under his arm, and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," a short story written in 1820 by American writer Washington Irving, which has been ...

  3. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Wikipedia

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    The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane (1858) by John Quidor. The story was the longest one published as part of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (commonly referred to as The Sketch Book), which Irving issued serially throughout 1819 and 1820, using the pseudonym "Geoffrey Crayon". [2]

  4. Ichabod Crane - Wikipedia

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    During his journey home, Ichabod encounters another traveller, who is eventually revealed to be the legendary Headless Horseman; the ghost of a Hessian soldier who was decapitated by a cannonball during the American Revolutionary War. Ichabod flees with the Headless Horseman pursuing him, eventually crossing a bridge near the Dutch burial ground.

  5. Move over Headless Horseman: Sleepy Hollow to welcome ...

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    The Headless Horseman isn't the only mythical creature hanging out in Sleepy Hollow. ... “There’s not really good, hopeful stories about the environment,” Isenstadt said. ... It is free to ...

  6. Dullahan - Wikipedia

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    He is depicted as a Headless Horseman, [14] stereotypically on a black horse, [19] and he is either a headless body without a head or he carries his own head in his hand or under his arm. [20] [1] The severed head has a revolting appearance, as in Croker's tale "The Headless Horseman":..such a head no mortal ever saw before.

  7. On Nov. 19, 1999, Sleepy Hollow debuted in theaters, marking the first live-action adaptation of Washington Irving's famed short story about Ichabod Crane and a headless horseman since 1922.

  8. Category:Headless Horseman - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to the Headless Horseman, a mythical figure who has appeared in folklore around the world since the Middle Ages.

  9. Sleepy Hollow, New York - Wikipedia

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    The village is known internationally through "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", an 1820 short story by Washington Irving about the local area and its infamous specter, the Headless Horseman. Irving lived in Tarrytown and is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, where numerous other notable people are buried. Owing to "The Legend", as well as the ...