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The Wild Hunt, ‘’Der Orchideengarten’’, 1919 issue. The Wild Hunt is a folklore motif that occurs in the folklore of various northern European cultures. Wild Hunts typically involve a chase led by a mythological figure escorted by a ghostly or supernatural group of hunters engaged in pursuit. The leader of the hunt is often a named figure associated with Odin in Germanic legends, but may variously be a historical or legendary figure like Theodoric the Great, the Danish king Valdemar Atterdag, the dragon slayer Sigurd, the Welsh psychopomp Gwyn ap Nudd, biblical figures such as Herod, Cain, Gabriel, or the Devil, or an unidentified lost soul or spirit either male or female. The hunters are generally the souls of the dead or ghostly dogs, sometimes fairies, valkyries, or elves. Seeing the Wild Hunt was thought to forebode some catastrophe such as war or plague, or at best the death of the one who witnessed it. People encountering the Hunt might also be abducted to the underworld or the fairy kingdom. In some instances, it was also believed that people’s spirits could be pulled away during their sleep to join the cavalcade. The concept was developed by Jacob Grimm in his Deutsche Mythologie (1835) on the basis of comparative mythology. Grimm believed that a group of stories represented a folkloristic survival of Germanic pagan tradition, but comparable folk myths are found throughout Northern, Western and Central Europe. Grimm popularised the term Wilde Jagd (‘Wild Hunt’) for the phenomenon.

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Octopus from Conradi Gesneri’s Historiae Animalium, 1551.

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Anthony Theakston’s Elegant Sculptures Imbue Ceramics and Bronze with Avian Spirit

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Otto Künzli: Ring fur zwei Personen / Brosche fur zwei Personen, 1980 (ring for two people/ brooch for two people)

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Montreal, September 2021

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Something I drew

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Blood drop/cut throat pearl necklace by Hell’s Belle designs.

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Mugler FW 2020

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Gabriel Garbow, Blinded, 2021

Claudia Castillo Art Studio

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Pippa Blake Flightpath I, 2016 Oil on canvas

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is tumblr cool again yet waiting for it to make a comeback like cassette tapes

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© Parra

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Sculpture by Ateliers d'Art Fred Fichet Sculpture et Dessin Nouméa

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Max Ernst 

1891-1976 

OHNE TITEL (UNTITLED), 1958 

oil on panel  14 x 9.6 cm. | 5 ½ x 3 ¾ in.