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Wild hunt

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Noun
  1. 1
    A ghostly hunt that rides across the sky, common to English, German and Scandinavian folklore. European

    "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."

Etymology

Calque of German Wilde Jagd.

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