Wild Hunt

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

The clamour of that wild hunt died away, and we breathed more freely.

A day more was spent in a wild hunt among the bergs, and the party returned to the brig.

Finally, later popular belief often placed Woden at the head of the Wild Hunt or ghostly army.

But the others freshened up at being so harried, and the kind of wild hunt continued hotter than ever.