Talk:Headless Horseman

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Does not feature a headless horseman, why is it here?Slatersteven (talk) 18:21, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Gawain does include a headless horseman, the Green Knight is decapitated by Gawain before picking up his head and leaving. 160.111.253.31 (talk) 16:52, 19 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 18:19, 31 October 2017 (UTC) You should read the story its a good story i have read it this is the link to is www/sleepyhallow.com here's the link — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:4A:C800:59E5:31CC:6FC4:4211:6CFB (talk) 15:14, 16 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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The Headless Horseman is a mythical figure who has appeared in folklore around the world since at least the Middle Ages. Depending on the legend, the Horseman is either carrying his head, or missing it altogether, and is searching for it. Examples include the dullahan from Ireland, who is a demonic fairy usually depicted riding a horse and carrying his head under his arm; the titular knight from the English tale Gawain and the Green Knight; and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," a short story written in 1820 by American Washington Irving which has been adapted into several other works of literature and film including the 1999 Tim Burton movie Sleepy Hollow.

This picture, titled The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane, is an 1858 painting by American artist John Quidor, depicting a scene from "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". It is in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.Painting: John Quidor

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Greetings, all! As part of my Wiki Education assignment, I have implemented a number of changes to this article. Firstly, I have removed a number of citations that are either no longer available or are of questionable credibility, replacing them with sources that I hope are more suitable;

Replaced link to https://www.scaryforkids.com/dullahan/ with https://books.google.com/books?id=t1cTDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT94#v=onepage&q&f=false

The original citation of McKillop, James A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology contains a dead link, so I have replaced it with a citation of the physical copy of the same book.

Link to Fox, David The Headless Horseman has become a permanent dead link, have replaced this citation with a link to https://www.scotsmagazine.com/articles/the-headless-horseman/

In addition to those changes, I expanded the Lead to acknowledge the pop-culture side of the article and moved a chunk of the paragraph under "In German Folklore" to book segment, as that information is more relevant to "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" than it is to German folklore. I also expanded several of the sections under the Description tab;

In Irish Folklore: added reference to the idea that the Dullahan is a manifestation of Crom Dubh.

In German Folklore: added information on "Der Kopfloser Reiter"

Added the entirety of the In American folklore and In English folklore sections. Due to earlier debates on the validity of considering the Green Knight an example of a headless horseman, I removed all references to the character from the top of the Description section and instead described him in the English folklore segment.

Finally, under "See also", I added links to the pages on the Green Knight and the Headless Rider urban legend.

If anyone has an objection to any of these changes, please let me know!