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''Dullahans'' are headless riders on black horses, ghosts of fallen warriors who sometimes carry their heads high in their hands. The mouth is usually in a hideous grin that touches both sides of the head. Its eyes are constantly moving about and can see across the countryside even during the darkest nights. The Dullahan is believed to use the spine of a human corpse for a whip, and its wagon is adorned with funeral objects - it has candles in skulls to light the way, the spokes of the wheels are made from thigh bones, and the wagon's covering is made from a worm-chewed pall or dried human skin. The ancient Oileanians believed that where the Dullahan stops riding, a person is due to die. The Dullahan calls out the person's name, drawing away the soul of his victim, at which point the person immediately drops dead.
''Enbarrs'' are mythological horses who could traverse land and sea and were faster than the wind. They are usually found by or gifted to questing heroes.
''Witches''▼
''Faeries''
''Fear Gorta'' are phantoms of hunger and famine resembling emaciated humans. Their skin has a greyish green color, and they are deathly thin, with arms as thin as twigs. It has long, matted, grey or white hair and facial hair. Its nails are terribly long and dirty as well. The fear gorta walk the earth during times of famine, seeking alms from passers-by. They can be a potential source of good luck for generous individuals, but those who refuse to give charity are cursed with hunger, poverty, and bad luck. In one myth, the fear gorta were harbingers of famine.
''Oilliphéists'' are huge, angry sea monsters that are said to inhabit the waters around the Oileanian Isles, lakes, rivers, and ocean. Sometimes they are slain by great heroes, but sometimes they cannot be defeated, blocking passage over a waterway.
''Púcaí''
''Selkies''
''Sluagh''
▲''Witches''
=== Serdemia ===
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