Category Celtic Mythical Creatures

When the Dullahan (pronounced “DUL-a-han”) rides forth on his black horse, death follows. This terrifying figure from Irish folklore carries his own severed head under his arm, its rotting face twisted into a hideous grin. Where he stops and speaks a name, that person dies. No gate can bar his passage, and looking upon him […]

When the great hero Cú Chulainn entered battle, something terrifying happened to his body. His muscles bulged and shifted beneath his skin, his bones cracked and reformed, and he became something no longer human. This was the Ríastrad (pronounced “REE-as-trad”), the legendary “warp spasm” or “battle frenzy” that transformed Ireland’s greatest hero into a monstrous […]