Wild Hunt

English

Etymology

Calque of German Wilde Jagd.

Noun

Wild Hunt (plural Wild Hunts)

  1. (European folklore) 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.

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