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Wild Huntsman

American  

noun

  1. the leader of the Wild Hunt, often associated with Odin.


Etymology

Origin of Wild Huntsman

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

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I have said that the Wild Huntsman rides in the woods of Fontainebleau.

From Stranger Than Fiction Being Tales from the Byways of Ghosts and Folk-lore by Mary L. Lewes

This story of the Wild Huntsman crops up, in one form or another, in every part of Europe.

From Southern Spain by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Calvert

The tale goes that on windy nights the Wild Huntsman, with his yelling pack of hounds, sweeps through the air, his prey departing souls.

From Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine by Lewis Spence

He resembled those ghost-hounds of old stories, terrific beasts that follow the Wild Huntsman.

From A Woman Named Smith by Marie Conway Oemler

Leaders of, 23, 24, 26, 57, 140 Wild Huntsman.

From Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

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