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Culture 
Dunnie
- Mythical Number: #0964
- Culture:
European - Attribute:
Undead - Attribute:
Cave Dweller - Attribute:
Mount - Behaviour:
Deadly - Common Type:
Water Horses
A trickster shape-shifter of north-east England. It was said to be the Ghost of a man who was killed for plundering a granary and thus kept a vast amount of treasure in a hidden cave. He would appear in the form of a donkey or replica of a farmer’s horse. He would allow his victims to ride him and ride gently away. Then when the rider least expects it, the Dunnie would buckle causing the rider to fall off and hit the ground. The Dunnie would then shake off its reins and then either gallop away or more bizarrely, if by a river it would dive into the stream laughing.
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Did you find Dunnie interesting? If you are skilled in art, then why not draw a scary or actioned-packed drawing of the Deadly Dunnie and send it to this website. Such European tales and stories are still very much alive today. Sailors tales of Dragons of the sea inspired C.S. Lewis in Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Mermaids feature in the 4th Pirates of the Caribbean film and the story of Mermaid Lorelei was in a song by the same name by Eagle Eye Cherry. The children's nightmare, the Sandman became a popular graphic novel and great song of Metallica. Black dogs are in Sherlocks Hound of the Baskervilles and similar Ghost sightings are still being reported today.
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