Ichabod Crane

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fictional character schoolteacher short story character

Ichabod Crane is the superstitious, lanky schoolteacher whose eerie encounter with the Headless Horseman drives the plot of Washington Irving’s classic ghost story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Ichabod 1
Ichabod Crane is a schoolmaster 1
Ichabod Crane is sent from New York City to investigate a series of decapitations in the village of Sleepy Hollow. 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
schoolteacher ⓘ
short story character ⓘ
appearsIn The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ⓘ
associatedWith Brom Bones ⓘ
Headless Horseman ⓘ
Katrina Van Tassel ⓘ
basedIn Sleepy Hollow ⓘ
characterTrait credulous ⓘ
lanky ⓘ
superstitious ⓘ
timid ⓘ
createdBy Washington Irving ⓘ
culturalOrigin American literature ⓘ
fictionalUniverse The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ⓘ
surface form: Sleepy Hollow
firstAppearance The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1820 ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
inspiredAdaptations Sleepy Hollow (1999 film) ⓘ
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949 film) ⓘ
literaryGenre Gothic fiction ⓘ
ghost story ⓘ
loveInterest Katrina Van Tassel ⓘ
medium literature ⓘ
narrativeRole protagonist ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableAttribute huge ears ⓘ
long limbs ⓘ
prominent nose ⓘ
notableFear ghosts ⓘ
supernatural legends ⓘ
notableScene chase by the Headless Horseman ⓘ
occupation schoolteacher ⓘ
personality opportunistic ⓘ
vain ⓘ
primaryAntagonistEncountered Headless Horseman ⓘ
rival Brom Bones ⓘ
settingPeriod post-Revolutionary War America ⓘ
storyFunction vehicle for satire of New England schoolmasters ⓘ
vehicle for satire of superstition ⓘ
teachesSubject children of Sleepy Hollow ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Van Tassel farm → associatedCharacter → Ichabod Crane ⓘ
Baltus Van Tassel → associatedWith → Ichabod Crane ⓘ
Sleepy Hollow (TV series) → character → Ichabod Crane ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ichabod Crane is a schoolmaster
subject surface form: The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Sleepy Hollow → hasNotableCharacter → Ichabod Crane ⓘ
Katrina Van Tassel → loveTriangleWith → Ichabod Crane ⓘ
John Greenleaf Whittier → notableWork → Ichabod Crane ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ichabod
Sleepy Hollow (1999 film) → plotSummary → Ichabod Crane ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ichabod Crane is sent from New York City to investigate a series of decapitations in the village of Sleepy Hollow.
Headless Horseman → pursues → Ichabod Crane ⓘ
Abraham Van Brunt → rivalOf → Ichabod Crane ⓘ
Katrina Van Tassel → romanticInterestOf → Ichabod Crane ⓘ