Wild Hunt


noun
  1. (in northern European legend) a phantom hunt, conducted either in the sky or in forests.

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How to use Wild Hunt in a sentence

  • Bowker, p. 73, relates a story embodying a similar episode, but apparently connected with Wild Hunt legends.

    The Science of Fairy Tales | Edwin Sidney Hartland
  • The clamour of that Wild Hunt died away, and we breathed more freely.

    A Sea Queen's Sailing | Charles Whistler
  • A day more was spent in a Wild Hunt among the bergs, and the party returned to the brig.

    North-Pole Voyages | Zachariah Atwell Mudge
  • Finally, later popular belief often placed Woden at the head of the Wild Hunt or ghostly army.

    The Heroic Age | H. Munro Chadwick
  • But the others freshened up at being so harried, and the kind of Wild Hunt continued hotter than ever.

    The Red River Half-Breed | Gustave Aimard