Complex sentence: This could be a version of the "drac" of Occitania, an evil creature that takes the form of a pale horse, a symbol of death is evoked to frighten children, like the bogey-man or the Big Bad Wolf.
Split into simpler sentences: This could be a version of the "drac" of Occitania, an evil creature that can take the form of a pale horse. This symbol of death is evoked to frighten children, like the bogey-man or the Big Bad Wolf.