Tag Archives: American folklore

Did The Sick-Bed of Cú Chulainn Inspire 2019’s The Lighthouse? [Folklore in Film]

It’s one of Irish mythology’s most fascinating stories. But did it inspire Robert Eggers’ folk-horror masterpiece?

Did the Dullahan, the Irish Headless Horseman, Really Inspire ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’?

An in-depth history of the Dullahan and how he may (or may not) have influenced Washington Irving’s headless horseman