Wildes Heer
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Wildes Heer is an alternative German name for the Wild Hunt, a spectral procession of ghostly riders and hounds from European folklore said to sweep across the sky as an omen of catastrophe or death.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wildes Heer canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10626628 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wildes Heer Context triple: [Wild Hunt, hasAlternativeName, Wildes Heer]
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A.
Serengeti Shall Not Die
Serengeti Shall Not Die is a landmark 1959 German documentary film and book about wildlife conservation in Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park, widely credited with raising global awareness of the need to protect the region’s ecosystem.
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B.
King of the Pride Lands
King of the Pride Lands is the royal title held by the ruling lion who governs the Pride Lands in Disney's The Lion King universe.
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C.
Wild Kingdom
Wild Kingdom is a long-running American wildlife television series best known for its nature documentaries and animal adventure programs, originally sponsored by Mutual of Omaha.
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D.
Leões
Leões is the popular nickname for Sporting Clube de Portugal, one of Portugal’s biggest football clubs, symbolizing the team’s lion emblem and fighting spirit.
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E.
Die Löwen
Die Löwen is the traditional nickname of German football club TSV 1860 Munich, reflecting the lion emblem on the club’s crest and its historic identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wildes Heer Target entity description: Wildes Heer is an alternative German name for the Wild Hunt, a spectral procession of ghostly riders and hounds from European folklore said to sweep across the sky as an omen of catastrophe or death.
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A.
Serengeti Shall Not Die
Serengeti Shall Not Die is a landmark 1959 German documentary film and book about wildlife conservation in Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park, widely credited with raising global awareness of the need to protect the region’s ecosystem.
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B.
King of the Pride Lands
King of the Pride Lands is the royal title held by the ruling lion who governs the Pride Lands in Disney's The Lion King universe.
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C.
Wild Kingdom
Wild Kingdom is a long-running American wildlife television series best known for its nature documentaries and animal adventure programs, originally sponsored by Mutual of Omaha.
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D.
Leões
Leões is the popular nickname for Sporting Clube de Portugal, one of Portugal’s biggest football clubs, symbolizing the team’s lion emblem and fighting spirit.
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E.
Die Löwen
Die Löwen is the traditional nickname of German football club TSV 1860 Munich, reflecting the lion emblem on the club’s crest and its historic identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
European folklore motif
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legendary procession ⓘ mythological motif ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
German legends
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medieval European folklore collections ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
omens of catastrophe
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omens of death ⓘ the dead ⓘ the supernatural ⓘ the underworld ⓘ |
| category |
European myths and legends
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German mythology ⓘ mythological processions ⓘ |
| describedAs |
ghostly cavalcade in the sky
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spectral procession of riders and hounds ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Wild Hunt
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linked to:
The Wild Hunt
|
| hasCulturalOrigin |
Central European folklore
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German folklore ⓘ |
| hasElement |
ghostly riders
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howling winds ⓘ spectral hounds ⓘ |
| hasFunctionInFolklore |
omen of death
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omen of plague ⓘ omen of war ⓘ punishment of wrongdoers ⓘ warning against going out at night ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
chase of souls
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noisy aerial procession ⓘ pursuit of the living ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage | German ⓘ |
| hasTypicalSetting |
night sky
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stormy weather ⓘ winter season ⓘ |
| influenced | later Romantic literature depictions of the Wild Hunt ⓘ |
| ledBy |
a god or legendary king (variant-dependent)
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a supernatural huntsman ⓘ |
| partOfTradition | European folklore ⓘ |
| perceivedAs |
dangerous to witness
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harbinger of misfortune ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Odin’s Hunt
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linked to:
Wild Hunt of Odin
Wild Hunt ⓘ
linked to:
The Wild Hunt
Wodan’s Hunt ⓘ
linked to:
Wild Hunt of Odin
furious host ⓘ procession of the dead ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfOrigin |
Middle Ages (attested)
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linked to:
Middle Ages
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| witnessConsequence |
risk of being swept into the hunt
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risk of illness or death afterward ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wildes Heer Description of subject: Wildes Heer is an alternative German name for the Wild Hunt, a spectral procession of ghostly riders and hounds from European folklore said to sweep across the sky as an omen of catastrophe or death.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
the Wild Hunt