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NOTE1850

The Wild Huntsman

By J. M. (Oxford)

The interesting contributions of your correspondent "Seleucus," on "Folk Lore," brought to my recollection the "Wild Huntsman" of the German poet, Tieck; of whose verses on that superstitious belief, still current among the imaginative peasantry of Germany, I send you a translation, *done into English* many years ago. The Welsh dogs of Annwn, or "couriers of the air"—the spirit-hounds who hunt the souls of the dead—are part of that popular belief existing among all nations, which delivers up the noon of night to ungracious influences, that "fade on the crowing of the cock." "THE WILD HUNTSMAN.…

Topics: Folk Lore, Superstitious Beliefs, German Poetry

Locations: Germany