Herlaþing

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Herlaþing is an alternative name for the Wild Hunt, a spectral procession of ghostly riders from European folklore often associated with omens and the supernatural.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Herlaþing canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf folklore motif ⓘ
mythological phenomenon ⓘ
supernatural procession ⓘ
alternativeNameOf Wild Hunt ⓘ
linked to: The Wild Hunt
associatedWith howling winds ⓘ
nocturnal sky ⓘ
omens ⓘ
the supernatural ⓘ
thunder ⓘ
connectedTo King Herla ⓘ
hasCategory European mythology ⓘ
mythological processions ⓘ
supernatural legends ⓘ
hasComponent ghostly riders ⓘ
hasCulturalOrigin European folklore ⓘ
Germanic folklore ⓘ
hasGenre folk belief ⓘ
legend ⓘ
hasInterpretation chase of the damned ⓘ
escort of the dead ⓘ
procession of souls ⓘ
hasLanguageForm Old English ⓘ
hasLeader a god or legendary king ⓘ
a supernatural huntsman ⓘ
hasMedium oral tradition ⓘ
hasNature spectral procession ⓘ
hasRegion Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
hasTheme afterlife ⓘ
death ⓘ
divine or demonic hunt ⓘ
otherworld journey ⓘ
influenced Romantic-era representations of spectral hunts ⓘ
later literary depictions of the Wild Hunt ⓘ
occursAtTime liminal times ⓘ
midwinter ⓘ
stormy nights ⓘ
the Twelve Days of Christmas ⓘ
perceivedAs omen of disaster ⓘ
portent of death ⓘ
portent of plague ⓘ
portent of war ⓘ
relatedConcept Odin ⓘ
Wodan ⓘ
linked to: Woden

fairy raid ⓘ
procession of the dead ⓘ
relatedMotif cavalcade of the dead ⓘ
night-riding spirits ⓘ
noisy dead ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wild Hunt → hasAlternativeName → Herlaþing ⓘ
subject linked to: the Wild Hunt