Appearance
The Mule's appearance varies greatly from region to region. Its color is most commonly given as purple, sometimes as black with a white cross on its chest. It has silver (or iron) horseshoes that produce a hideous trotting, louder than any horse is capable of producing.
Despite being headless, the Mule still neighs (usually very loud), and sometimes it moans like a crying woman. It also has a bridle tied to its non-existing mouth, and spews fire through its non-existing nostrils (or, in some versions, from its severed neck).
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