Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The Wild Hunt is a well-known folklore story in Northern Europe. It is said that seeing the Wild Hunt is dangerous because it is a warning of a coming disaster or the death of the person who witnessed the ghost riders crossing the skies.
Over the centuries, many authors have written about the tale of the Wild Hunt. There are several versions of this story associated with the spirits of the dead.
Asgårdsreien (The Wild Hunt of Odin) – 1872 by Peter Nicolai Arbo. Credit: Public Domain
The Tale Of The Wild Hunt In Europe
Depending on the region, in German folklore, the Wild Hunt is known under different names, but the “two most common names, Wild Hunt (wilde Jagd) and Furious Army (wütendes Heer) emphasize several notions: danger, fury, the speed with which the troop moves, and its unruly and ungovernable nature, which can be found in the names forged with wild or wut/mut.” 1
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