Irish Folklore
The Dark Man
The Far Dorocha, also known as the Dark Man, is a powerful servant dedicated to the fairy queen. He might perform her menial domestic tasks, or, on the queen's orders, ride his black horse to our realm to capture a mortal who has taken her fancy. Although he is always silent, the Dark Man can make humans surrender their wills to his command, and they climb onto the back of his steed without protest. His fairy horse exhales fie from its nostrils as it races through the night, setting alight hedgerows as it gallops. A mortal's journey to the land of the fairies is almost always a one-way trip.
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