Guest Post: Spirits In Motion – The Wild Hunt
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Find out the folkloric background of the Wild Hunt, who leads it, and what might await you if you happen upon it!

For whom it might concern: I wrote a guest article on the Wild Hunt in Central European folklore - one that tries to be a bit more nuanced than “The Wild Huntsman is really Odin in disguise!”.

EDIT: Gah, I thought I had included a link! It should be fixed now.

  • stenAanden@feddit.dkMEnglish
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    16 days ago

    I agree. There is a wide variety of stories just from Denmark and most clearly aren’t Odin. One, King Volmer, is the Christian king Valdemar Atterdag, cursed to ride forever.

    Also, if it wasn’t clear, when I wrote that the article considered some stories to depict Odin, I meant specifically those from Sweden (Southern Sweden, specifically), Wojen and similar from Jutland and Wold from Northern-Germany.