English Dictionary

dullahan

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈduː.ləˌhɑːn/

名詞

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".)

日本語の意味

アイルランドの伝承に登場する、黒装束の（通常は男性の）騎手で、切断された自分の首を懐灯のように携え、金によって退けられる存在。騎乗を止める（または誰かの名前を呼ぶ）と、その者が死ぬとされる（「Gan Ceann」＝『首のない者』とも呼ばれる）。

As the moon rose, the dullahan rode through the mist, its severed head glowing like a lantern and warning villagers to stay indoors.

月が昇ると、切り離された頭をランタンのように掲げる黒衣の首なし騎士が霧の中を駆け抜け、村人たちに家に留まるよう警告した。

意味（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".)

The dullahans always came in a mist. But Devin wasn't afraid of dullahans. If he saw one, he would club it over the head. But then Devin remembered that dullahans didn't have heads. He grasped his stick a little tighter in his hand, […]

dullahans （ plural ）