Sleepy Hollow

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fictional village literary setting

Sleepy Hollow is a legendary, eerily quiet Hudson Valley village in Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” famed for its ghostly atmosphere and the Headless Horseman.

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Surface form Occurrences
association with The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 1

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional village ⓘ
literary setting ⓘ
appearsInWork The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ⓘ
associatedWithTheme fear ⓘ
folklore ⓘ
superstition ⓘ
the supernatural ⓘ
basedOnRealPlace Tarrytown, New York ⓘ
basedOnRealRegion Hudson Valley ⓘ
surface form: Hudson River Valley
countryInFictional United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdBy Washington Irving ⓘ
culturalAssociation American ghost stories ⓘ
Halloween ⓘ
firstAppearanceInYear 1820 ⓘ
genreOfWorkContext American short story ⓘ
Gothic fiction ⓘ
hasAtmosphere eerie ⓘ
quiet ⓘ
hasNotableCharacter Brom Bones ⓘ
Ichabod Crane ⓘ
Katrina Van Tassel ⓘ
hasNotableSupernaturalEntity Headless Horseman ⓘ
hasReputationWithinStory enchanted region ⓘ
haunted valley ⓘ
inspiredAdaptation The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949 film) ⓘ
surface form: Disney film The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949)

Sleepy Hollow (TV series) ⓘ
surface form: television series Sleepy Hollow (2013)

various film adaptations of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ⓘ
knownFor ghostly atmosphere ⓘ
Headless Horseman ⓘ
surface form: the Headless Horseman
languageOfWorkContext English ⓘ
locatedInFictional Hudson Valley ⓘ
narrativePerspectiveInSource Geoffrey Crayon ⓘ
surface form: first-person frame narrator (Geoffrey Crayon)
partOfWorkCollection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. ⓘ
setInPoliticalEntityFictional U.S. state of New York ⓘ
surface form: State of New York
timePeriodDepicted late 18th century ⓘ

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Headless Horseman → associatedWith → Sleepy Hollow ⓘ
Tarry Town → associatedWith → Sleepy Hollow ⓘ
Abraham Van Brunt → basedIn → Sleepy Hollow ⓘ
Ichabod Crane → basedIn → Sleepy Hollow ⓘ
Abraham Van Brunt → fictionalUniverse → Sleepy Hollow ⓘ
Brom Bones → fictionalUniverse → Sleepy Hollow ⓘ
Headless Horseman → haunts → Sleepy Hollow ⓘ
Tarrytown, New York → knownFor → Sleepy Hollow ⓘ
this entity surface form: association with The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Van Tassel farm → locatedInWork → Sleepy Hollow ⓘ
Tarry Town → locatedNear → Sleepy Hollow ⓘ
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery → namedAfter → Sleepy Hollow ⓘ
Baltus Van Tassel → placeOfResidence → Sleepy Hollow ⓘ
Brom Bones → residence → Sleepy Hollow ⓘ
Katrina Van Tassel → residence → Sleepy Hollow ⓘ