Wild Hunt
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Etymology
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Noun
[edit]Wild Hunt (plural Wild Hunts)
- A ghostly hunt that rides across the sky, common to English, German and Scandinavian folklore.
- 1990, Michael Howard, Understanding Runes, →ISBN, page 35:
- In Germanic myth Woden, in common with his Nordic counterpart, was the leader of the spooky Wild Hunt which rides through the midwinter sky collecting the souls of the dead.
- 1993, Ed Fitch, The rites of Odin, Llewellyn Publications, →ISBN, page 320:
- Throughout the Continent it was originally she who led the dread and awesome Wild Hunt through the thick forest and the mid-night snows, leading ghosts, wolves, witches and elves.
- 1998, “The Raven's Call”, in Heartland, volume 1, number 3:
- The night grew lighter as we welcomed the Aelfkin and Frey to join us, the Mothers we honoured and speeches made on Woden and the Wild Hunt.
Translations
[edit]folk myth
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