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A member of the Dollars. Also known as "The Black Biker" or "The Headless Rider", she is a Dullahan from Ireland who came to Japan looking for her stolen head. Her motorcycle is actually a disguised headless horse called a Cóiste-Bodhar. She has no heart and perceives via unknown sensors that are not located on the head; she's explained her ...
Babiniku (Japanese: バ美肉) is a Japanese term for an online avatar depicting an anime-style female character used by content creators who are often (but not always) male. [1] The term is an abbreviation of "virtual bishoujo juniku " ( バーチャル美少女受肉 , meaning "virtual girl incarnation") or "virtual bishoujo self juniku ...
The first indirect reference to the Blemmyes occurs in Herodotus, Histories, where he calls them the akephaloi (Greek: ἀκέφαλοι "without a head"). [12] The headless akephaloi, the dog-headed cynocephali, "and the wild men and women, besides many other creatures not fabulous" dwelled in the eastern edge of ancient Libya, according to Herodotus's Libyan sources. [13]
Depending on the legend, the Horseman is either carrying his head, or is missing his head altogether, and may be searching for it. Famous examples include the dullahan from Ireland, who is a demonic fairy usually depicted riding a horse and carrying his head under his arm, and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," a short story written in 1820 by American writer Washington Irving, which has been ...
A headless computer is a computer system or device that has been configured to operate without a monitor (the missing "head"), keyboard, and mouse.A headless system is typically controlled over a network connection, although some headless system devices require a serial connection to be made over RS-232 for administration of the device.
Victorian headless portraits were a fad in Britain in the late 19th century. In the photographs, the model's head appears separated from the body; often the sitter holds it in their own hands. [ 1 ] Although this genre is called headless portraiture, it is the head that is always present in the photograph, and the body may be absent.
La Scapigliata (Italian for 'The Lady with Dishevelled Hair') [n 1] is an unfinished painting generally attributed to the Italian High Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, and dated c. 1506–1508.