"witchcraft and later painfully murdered by his strict religious father. In 1993, Kevin Yagher, a make-up effects designer who had turned to directing with ""Tales from the Crypt"", had the notion to adapt Washington Irving's short story ""The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"" into a feature film. Through his agent, Yagher was introduced to Andrew Kevin Walker; they spent a few months working on a film treatment that transformed Ichabod Crane from a schoolmaster from Connecticut to a banished New York City detective. Yagher and Walker subsequently pitched ""Sleepy Hollow"" to various studios and production companies, eventually securing a deal with"
"Headless Horseman The Headless Horseman has been a motif of European folklore since at least the Middle Ages. The Headless Horseman is traditionally depicted as a man upon horseback who is missing his head. Depending on the legend, the Horseman is either carrying his head, or is missing his head altogether, and is searching for it. Perhaps the most famous myth arises from the short story ""The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,"" written in 1820 by Washington Irving. The Headless Horseman is a fictional character from the short story ""The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"" by American author Washington Irving. The story,"
"him from the back of his own horse and sending him ""tumbling headlong into the dust."" The next morning, Ichabod's hat is found abandoned near the church bell bridge and close beside it a shattered pumpkin. Ichabod is never seen in Sleepy Hollow again and is therefore presumed to have been spirited away by the Headless Horseman. Later, ""an old farmer, who had been down to New York on a visit several years after, and from whom this account of the ghostly adventure was received"" suggests that Ichabod had been frightened by both the Horseman and the anticipated anger of"
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ""The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"" is a gothic story by American author Washington Irving, contained in his collection of 34 essays and short stories entitled ""The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent."". Written while Irving was living abroad in Birmingham, England, ""The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"" was first published in 1820. Along with Irving's companion piece ""Rip Van Winkle"", ""The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"" is among the earliest examples of American fiction with enduring popularity, especially during Halloween because of a character known as the Headless Horseman believed to be a Hessian soldier who lost"
"Brom Bones, who was said ""to look exceedingly knowing whenever the story of Ichabod was related"". Indeed, the only relics of the schoolmaster's flight are his wandering horse, trampled saddle, discarded hat, and a mysterious shattered pumpkin. Although the nature of the Headless Horseman is left open to interpretation, the story implies that the ghost was really Brom (an agile stunt rider) in disguise. Irving's narrator concludes, however, by stating that the old Dutch wives continue to promote the belief that Ichabod was ""spirited away by supernatural means"", and a legend develops around his disappearance and sightings of his melancholy"
"reply ""Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus"", has become a part of popular Christmas folklore in the United States and Canada. The Headless Horseman is a fictional character from the short story ""The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"" by American author Washington Irving. The story, from Irving's collection of short stories entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, has worked itself into known American folklore/legend through literature and film. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a children's novel written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. Originally published by the George M. Hill Company in Chicago on"
"through the night on a normal horse, much like the Headless Horseman in Washington Irving's story ""The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"". Indeed, this variant of the myth may well be just a modern import of that 19th century tale. The Headless Chelsea or mule may be a personification of the latent paganism of some popular practices echoing in the collective conscience of a people indoctrinated with a simplistic view of Catholicism. It showcases the wild instincts and repressed behaviours that are unacceptable in a Judeo-Christian society. There may be some connection between the Brazilian Headless Mules and folklore about witches"
"from Irving's collection of short stories entitled ""The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent."", has worked itself into known American folklore/legend through literature and film. The legend of the Headless Horseman (also known as ""the Headless Hessian of the Hollow"") begins in Sleepy Hollow, New York, during the American Revolutionary War. Traditional folklore holds that the Horseman was a Hessian trooper who was killed during the Battle of White Plains in 1776. He was decapitated by an American cannonball, and the shattered remains of his head were left on the battlefield while his comrades hastily carried his body away. Eventually"
"adopted the traditional name for the area. The village is known to many via ""The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"", a short story about the local area and its infamous specter, the Headless Horseman, written by Washington Irving, who lived in Tarrytown and is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Owing to this story, as well as the village's roots in early American history and folklore, Sleepy Hollow is considered by some to be one of the ""most haunted places in the world"". The village is home to the Philipsburg Manor House and the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow, as well"
"literary reference. This depicts a scene of childhood in mid-1840s rural America. The sweeping view of the northeastern American landscape coupled with the romantic depiction of an autumn afternoon shows the influence of the Hudson River School. lnman alludes to Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow, which was also set in the Hudson Valley. Referencing the protagonist in Irving’s story, the painting’s teacher is Ichabod Crane, who is seen in the background at the schoolhouse's door. Scrawled across the doorframe is “I. Crane,” which viewers of the time would have recognized and connected to Irving’s story. In Irving's tale of"
"soon the five of them have a new problem to deal with—the presence of the Headless Horseman, who rides around looking for his next victims. They start running for their lives toward the covered bridge, which legends say is the only thing that keeps the Headless Horseman trapped in Smurfy Hollow. But as the Smurfs see that they would not get to the covered bridge in time to escape from the Headless Horseman, they hitch a ride on the back of a bat and fly to the top of the covered bridge, safe from the spectral rider's grasp. Gargamel and"
"they buried him in the cemetery of the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow, from which he rises as a malevolent ghost, furiously seeking his lost head. Modern versions of the story refer his rides to Halloween, around which time the battle took place. The Headless Horseman is also a novel by Mayne Reid, first published in monthly serialized form during 1865 and 1866, and subsequently published as a book in 1866, based on the author's adventures in the United States. """"The Headless Horseman"""" or """"A Strange Tale of Texas"""" was set in Texas and based on a south Texas"
"Severus Snape Severus Snape is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling's ""Harry Potter"" series. An exceptionally skilful wizard, his coldly sarcastic and controlled exterior conceals deep emotions and anguish. A Professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Snape is hostile to Harry from the moment he sets foot in Snape's classroom; this hostility is rooted in Harry's resemblance to Harry's father James, who bullied and harassed Snape during their time at Hogwarts. Though philosophically attracted to the Dark Arts and Lord Voldemort's ideology of wizard supremacy, Snape's love for Muggle-born Lily Evans, Harry's mother, eventually compels him to"
"Headless Horseman (film) Headless Horseman is a film that aired on the Sci Fi Channel in October 27, 2007, based on the legend of the Headless Horseman. The movie takes the tack that the Washington Irving story was the ""white-washed"" version and the events in this horror film is the real story. It stars Richard Moll and Billy Aaron Brown and is directed by Anthony C. Ferrante. After going through the woods on the way to a party, seven teenagers stumble upon a town called Wormwood Ridge. The townspeople are celebrating a Headless Horseman ceremony, which unbeknownst to the teenagers"
"Horsemaning Horsemaning (or horsemanning) is the act of posing for a photograph in such a way that the subject appears to have been beheaded, their head resting on the ground or on a surface. Such photography was a fad in the 1920s. The practice derives its name from the Headless Horseman, an evil character from Washington Irving's short story ""The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"". Horsemaning saw a revival in 2011, along with other photo fads such as planking and owling. All three were considered among the top 10 Facebook sensations of 2011. and a series of horsemaning photos began trending"
"and 1810; and Surrogate of Westchester County. He was buried in the yard of the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow in Sleepy Hollow, New York. In 1851 Youngs' remains were removed to the Dale Cemetery in Ossining, New York, becoming the first interment at that cemetery. Samuel Youngs Samuel Youngs (December 4, 1760 – September 12, 1839) was an American school teacher. He was a friend of Washington Irving and elements of his life may be included in the character Ichabod Crane in Irving's story ""The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"", along with the character inspiration from Kinderhook Schoolteacher, Jesse"
"teacher; a phagomaniac who does not bring his own dabba either but lusts after everyone else's, also stealing food on occasion. The kids at school nickname him as 'Khadoos' (cantankerous person). He has a poor reputation among his peers for his mindless and inconsiderate gluttony. He particularly eyes the dabba of one of Stanley's friends and shamelessly joins the group in class as soon as the lunch bell goes off to gorge on their food. A lot of his class time is spent discussing what his students brought for lunch. One day, he ends up coming late during lunch-break and"
"through the dark woods, increasing his fear of the possibility of encountering the Horseman. While traveling through the old cemetery, Ichabod believes he hears the sound of a horse galloping toward him, but discovers the sound is being made by nearby cattails bumping on a log. Relieved, Ichabod begins to laugh with his horse. However, their laughter is cut short by the appearance of the real Headless Horseman riding a black horse (that is, suspiciously, identical to Brom's horse). After the ghost gives chase, Ichabod, remembering Brom's advice, crosses a covered bridge, which stops the ghost's pursuit. However, the horseman"
"He now believes with a dreadful certainty that the cylinder in that dark room with that whispering creature already contained the brain of Henry Wentworth Akeley. The narrator of the story, Albert N. Wilmarth is described as a folklorist and assistant professor of English at Miskatonic University. He investigates the strange events that followed in the wake of the historic Vermont floods of 1927. Wilmarth is also mentioned in Lovecraft's ""At the Mountains of Madness"", where the narrator remarks that he wishes he hadn't ""talked so much with that unpleasantly erudite folklorist Wilmarth at the university."" Elsewhere, the story refers"
"with his 1764 novel ""The Castle of Otranto"" is one of the first writers who explored this genre. The American Revolutionary War-era ""American Gothic"" story of the Headless Horseman, immortalized in ""The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"" (published in 1820) by Washington Irving, marked the arrival in the New World of dark, romantic storytelling. The tale was composed by Irving while he was living in England, and was based on popular tales told by colonial Dutch settlers of the Hudson Valley, New York. The story would be adapted to film in 1922, in 1949 as the animated ""The Adventures of Ichabod"
"a Headless Horseman. It has been adapted for film and television many times, such as ""Sleepy Hollow"", a successful 1999 feature film. The ""classic"" ghost story arose during the Victorian period, and included authors such as M. R. James, Sheridan Le Fanu, Violet Hunt, and Henry James. Classic ghost stories were influenced by the gothic fiction tradition, and contain elements of folklore and psychology. M. R. James summed up the essential elements of a ghost story as, “Malevolence and terror, the glare of evil faces, ‘the stony grin of unearthly malice', pursuing forms in darkness, and 'long-drawn, distant screams', are"
"September 5, 2000 a VHS tape of the special was released. The Night of the Headless Horseman The Night of the Headless Horseman is a computer animated one-hour TV special that aired on Fox on October 28, 1999. As the title suggests, it was a retelling of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. It told the story the same way, but at the end, it is revealed that Brom actually made a deal with the Headless Horseman to take his place to get Ichabod out of the way. The production utilized motion capture and featured numerous celebrity voices including Clancy Brown,"
"of Sleepy Hollow"" (1820), based on an earlier German folktale, features a Headless Horseman. It has been adapted for film and television many times, such as ""Sleepy Hollow"", a successful 1999 feature film. Irving also wrote ""The Adventure of the German Student"" and Edgar Allan Poe wrote some stories which contain ghosts, such as ""The Masque of the Red Death"" and ""Morella"". In the later 19th century, mainstream American writers such as Edith Wharton, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and F. Marion Crawford all wrote ghost fiction. Henry James also wrote ghost stories, including the famous ""The Turn of the Screw""."
"with smuggling. A warning note to keep their noses out of things that are not of their concern is wrapped around a stone thrown in through the police station window. A ticking sound is heard from the package that Harbottle earlier picked up and they find pocket watches inside. Harbottle then recites a rhyme which tells the legend of the Headless Horseman, although he doesn't know the last line, but his father does. So the trio decide to pay him a visit. Harbottle's father reveals the line thus also revealing the place, the Devil's Cave where the smuggling is taking"
"among others. The last of the """"Legenden vom Rübezahl"""" (""Legends of Rübezahl"") in the ""Volksmärchen"" was said by Henry A. Pochmann and others to have inspired the Headless Horseman of Washington Irving's ""The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"" (1820). Another of the ""Volksmärchen"", ""Der geraubte Schleier"" (""The Stolen Veil""), was used by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to provide the plot outline of ""Swan Lake"" (1876), though the extent of Tchaikovsky's use of Musäus' story is challenged by some such as Russian ballet patriarch Fyodor Lopukhov, who argue the ballet is essentially Russian. One of the ""Volksmärchen"" translated into French (""Stumme Liebe"" translated"
"The Night of the Headless Horseman The Night of the Headless Horseman is a computer animated one-hour TV special that aired on Fox on October 28, 1999. As the title suggests, it was a retelling of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. It told the story the same way, but at the end, it is revealed that Brom actually made a deal with the Headless Horseman to take his place to get Ichabod out of the way. The production utilized motion capture and featured numerous celebrity voices including Clancy Brown, Tia Carrere, Mark Hamill, William H. Macy, and Luke Perry. On"
"in 1809, where he wrote the satire, 'A History of New York'. Later, he wrote the short stories Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow which take place regionally. The Kinderhook school district is named ""Ichabod Crane"". for the Irving character, Ichabod Crane, which was based on the original Kinderhook schoolmaster named Jesse Merwin. Irving and Merwin became friends in Kinderhook, where they boarded together at the Van Ness home, and the two friends continued a pen-pal correspondence for thirty years. The Columbia County Historical Society (New York) owns the original Kinderhook Schoolhouse named after the Irving character"
"in his path. The most prominent Scots tale of the headless horseman concerns a man named Ewen decapitated in a clan battle at Glen Cainnir on the Isle of Mull. The battle denied him any chance to be a chieftain, and both he and his horse are headless in accounts of his haunting of the area. The 14th century poem Gawain and the Green Knight features a headless horseman, the titular giant knight. After he is beheaded by Gawain the Green Knight lifts his head up with one hand and rides from the hall, challenging Gawain to meet him again"
"an unusual sight for farmers who walked their horses on the steep hill."" The ghost of a headless Hessian horseman is said to roam the links. At least one ghosthunter has suggested that stories of the Galloping Hill Headless Horseman may have inspired Washington Irving to write ""The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"" (1820). Galloping Hill Golf Course Galloping Hill Golf Course is a golf course in Kenilworth, New Jersey, with part of the course located in Union Township, New Jersey. It was designed by Willard G. Wilkinson in 1928, who had previously worked for A. W. Tillinghast's firm, and was"
"Texas folk tale. Vladimir Nabokov recalled ""The Headless Horseman"" as a favorite adventure novel of his childhood years: ""which had given him a vision of the prairies and the great open spaces and the overarching sky."" At 11, Nabokov even translated ""The Headless Horseman"" into French ""alexandrines"". The story takes place in Texas soon after the War with Mexico. Louise Poindexter, a beautiful newcomer, is courted by two men – the arrogant and vindictive Cassius Calhoun and the dashing but poor mustanger Maurice Gerald. Calhoun plots to eliminate his rival when tragedy strikes: Louise's brother, the young Henry Poindexter, is"
"that Ichabod is superstitious, he decides to sing the tale of the legendary Headless Horseman who was apparently killed by a cannonball in a recent conflict and travels each year on Halloween while searching for a head to replace the one he had lost and that the only way to escape the ghost is to cross an old covered bridge over a brook. Everyone else, including Katrina, finds this amusing while Ichabod, on the other hand, starts to fear for his life. On his way home from the party, Ichabod becomes paranoid by every animal noise he hears while riding"
"shows that there's no limit to what gay and lesbian people can do, even being a wizard headmaster."" Regarding Dumbledore's sexuality in the ""Fantastic Beasts"" series, Rowling said in 2016 that, ""As far as his sexuality is concerned, watch the space.” Dumbledore has been parodied in several sketches and animated series: Albus Dumbledore Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling's ""Harry Potter"" series. For most of the series, he is the headmaster of the wizarding school Hogwarts. As part of his backstory, it is revealed that he is the founder and leader of"
"white beard is set alight by a young man during an argument. Spiregrain, Splint and Throd: School professors. Disciples of The Leader, they live empty lives in the thrall of his nihilistic teachings. Upon witnessing the Leader's ignoble and ironic death they are liberated to celebrate life with jubilant abandon. Craggmire: The Acrobat. The Acrobat takes no part in the plot. His only mention is when he is spied upon by Steerpike (for no apparent reason) through the elaborate system of mirrors and spy holes which Steerpike has installed in a disused chimney. Gormenghast has been the subject of many"