Comparing Ichabod Crane And The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow

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Many legends today are never clearly shown as fictional or factual. Most legends are based on complete myths and fiction. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is one of the legends that are actually more clearly steering toward fictional. This legend has many events and parts that can in fact be quite true, but it is not clear if this legend is a myth. Many people have done research on this topic and come up with many different conclusions on what they believe of it.

First of all, the headless horseman refers to a Hessian soldier who lost his head in battle and he was buried in the Sleepy Hallow cemetery. One man thought that one night he had seen a light beaming out of the soldier’s grave and after that stories started to emerge. Whenever someone would go missing, people would talk and some way down the line it would end up connected with the headless horseman. Since he was beheaded during battle, townspeople also would incorporate that when he would kill his victims he would behead them and keep the head to himself for the power. …show more content…
Since it’s so small, everyone knows everyone. So when something significant happens or roomers start to spread, everyone is fully aware of it all. One of the towns’ people was Ichabod Crane and he was a local teacher in Sleepy Hallow. After listening to stories about a headless horseman, he was later turned up missing but they had found his horse. The Headless horseman was known for not only taking people but taking their heads to further strengthen him. This had further deepened the towns believing of this legend. The people were frightened. “Much later an old farmer returned from a visit to New York City. He said he was sure he saw Ichabod there. He thought Ichabod silently left Sleepy Hollow because he had lost Katrina.” This was one of the factors on why the legend was split between being a myth and
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