Chapter XXVI.

The Wild Huntsman.

The Wild Hunt--Euphemisms--Schimmelreiter--Odinwald--Pied Piper --Lyeshy--Waldemar's Hunt--Palne Hunter--King Abel's Hunt--Lords of Glorup--Le Grand Veneur--Robert le Diable--Arthur--Hugo--Herne --Tregeagle--Der Freischütz--Elijah's chariot--Mahan Bali--Déhak --Nimrod--Nimrod's defiance of Jehovah--His Tower--Robber Knights --The Devil in Leipzig--Olaf hunting pagans--Hunting-horns--Raven --Boar--Hounds--Horse--Dapplegrimm--Sleipnir--Horse-flesh--The mare Chetiya--Stags--St. Hubert--The White Lady--Myths of Mother Rose--Wodan hunting St. Walpurga--Friar Eckhardt