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Guest article on the Wild Hunt (www.eroticmythology.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by juergen_hubert@ttrpg.network to c/folklore@mander.xyz

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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.

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[–] stenAanden@feddit.dk 1 points 21 hours 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.