The Dullahan, From Fairy to Undead Tracing the Cultural Hybridization of Irish Folklore in Japanese Games and Their Paratexts
Games and Culture: A Journal of Interactive Media
Published online on August 04, 2025
Abstract
Games and Culture, Ahead of Print.
This study investigates how the Irish Dullahan—a headless fairy death messenger—came to be recast as an undead monster in Japanese popular culture. Contrary to the trend of Western tabletop role-playing games playing a central role in similar Japanese ...
This study investigates how the Irish Dullahan—a headless fairy death messenger—came to be recast as an undead monster in Japanese popular culture. Contrary to the trend of Western tabletop role-playing games playing a central role in similar Japanese ...