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unusual facts about Wild Hunt


Nachtstücke

These indulgences are interrupted by two 'intermezzos', the first one a sinister murmuring of repressed agitation, the second one a ghostly 'Wilde Jagd' (Wild Hunt).


Celtic Hounds

In Welsh mythology, Gwyn ap Nudd was the ruler of Annwn (the Underworld) and escorted the souls of the dead there, leading a pack of supernatural hounds, called the Cŵn Annwn (Hounds of Annwn) (see also Wild Hunt).

Erlking

In Jim Butcher's Dresden Files, there is a character called Erlking, modelled after the leader of the Wild Hunt, Herne the Hunter.

Nebula Man

In addition, his role as the horned Huntsman of the Sheeda has elements of characters from Celtic mythology such as the horned god Cernunnos and later legends such as the King of the Wild Hunt and Herne the Hunter.


see also

Blood Fire Death

Peter Nicolai Arbo – album cover painting, The Wild Hunt of Odin (Åsgårdsreien)

Türst

While Türst is said to be a ghost in Horw, he is known to be the leader of the wild hunt, who appears in a green hunting suit in Rickenbach.