By the Gods!

The Headless Mule

The Headless Mule is a cursed being derived from Brazilian folklore. It is a woman who slept with a priest and has been cursed by God to be a galloping, headless mule with fire spewing out its neck cavity. You can see this de-noodled mule roaming the countryside at dawn. 

The Headless Mule is said to be black with a white cross upon its chest, and wears loud silver horseshoes that wake up the locals as it careens by. This gives the resident old-fogies something to complain about; there’s a silver lining after all. 

Although the headless mule has no mouth or vocal chords, it still neighs as though it were a crying woman. The mule also has an abundance of fire spurting out where its head used to be, and is accessorized with a flame-resistant bridle. 

The curse can be broken temporarily if the mule is caught and tied to a cross, or has its blood spilled with a tiny prick of a needle. If one removed the magic bridle from the mule’s fire-head, the curse would be removed permanently (at least until said cursed-mule-woman dies, that is) and one would find a sulfur-covered, naked woman.