dullahan

发音

/ˈduː.ləˌhɑːn/

词形变化

dullahans 复数 dullahans

别名

Dullaghan Dullahan dullaghan

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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".)

    宗教 神话 哲学

词源

From Irish dulachán, from dubh (“black”) + another word (compare lucharachán (“elf, dwarf”)), possibly originally a term for a dark or sullen person (compare the surname Dullahan) and only subsequently applied to the spirit.

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