μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Wild huntsmen wander because of sin.

The dead. · Ghosts and other revenants. · Ghosts and revenants – miscellaneous. · Phantom hosts. · view the constellation · filed as E501.3

Cited in the index
  • general Schweda 38.
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Filed under The Wild Hunt. (Cf. F282.) (Die Wilde Jagd, Das Wütende Heer, Odinsjæger, Chasse Fantastique.) A ghostly hunter and his rout continue the chase.

10 finer motifs beneath it
Wild huntsman wanders because of cruelty Wild huntsman wanders because of suicide Wild huntsman wanders because of parricide Wild huntsman wanders because of unshriven death Wild huntsman wanders for failure to keep fast day Wild huntsman wanders for hunting on Sunday Wild huntsman wanders because he wished to continue hunt after death Wild huntsman wanders for disturbing church service Wild huntsmen cannot die until evil in world has been made right and things return as they had been Wild huntswoman wanders because of murder of daughter
Filed beside it
Leader of the Wild Hunt Participants in wild hunt Animals follow wild huntsman Object of wild hunt's pursuit Ghostly warner of wild hunt's approach Personal appearance of wild huntsmen Clothing of wild huntsmen Wild huntsmen invisible Objects as part of wild hunt Time of appearance of wild hunt Place of appearance of wild hunt Phenomena at appearance of wild hunt Course of wild hunt Behavior of wild huntsmen Phenomena at disappearance of wild hunt Evading or combating the wild hunt

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