Halloween Special: The Wild Hunt

It's a halloween special AND a miscellaneous myth! Who could ask for more? Today let's dive into a very spooktacular folkloric motif and get real in the spirit of the season!
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[@notoriousd.i.g.87]

Wind: Blows at night Ancient People: "Must be that demon tornado again"

[@Freekymoho]

Those darn demon tornados

[@HyperNova0]

I hate those demon tornados

[@j0an-07-arc6]

There more like ghost but sure

[@helios566]

You say Ancient people but thses days cell phone towers cause disease.

[@TupocalypseShakur]

For us it's a badass Snake Eagle Dragon

[@flambo19]

Wind: A little too loud and wild Everyone: Weather's haunted

[@Bluecho4]

Chronicler: "What?" Everyone: * Locks door * "Weather's haunted."

[@whaitiritua-warbrick1398]

Armoury Guard: What? Knight on five cups of caffeine and -7 hours of sleep: *cocks crossbow* Weather's haunted.

[@naethavenir9422]

**Wind’s Howling**

[@salvadortoscano2534]

Me: *sipping hot chocolate after practicing wind magic from Good Snek Quetzacoatl* I got a little excited, sorry xD

[@IggyTthunders]

It be ghosts!

[@susieboo22]

Jacob Grimm, standing in front of 3 boards covered in photos, ripped out pages, thumbtacks and thread: "IT'S ODIN! IT'S ALWAYS JUST ODIN! ODIN, ALL THE WAY DOWN-" Wilhelm Grimm who just wanted to talk about Cinderella: "Go to bed, Jake."

[@wilhelmseleorningcniht9410]

not... inaccurate lmao

[@Danheron2]

It’s funny because the brothers Grimm live together their entire lives so this probably definitely did happen

[@SirFooplesTheThird]

*insert the Pepe Silvia rant but replace it with Odin"

[@Ami-jc2oo]

Wilhelm: "Go home Jacob, you're drunk."

[@willmfrank]

"But Wil'm, we live in the same house. I AM home."

[@Thiccremoch162]

The idea of an old pantheon being usurped but still surviving in a creepy and “alien” form gives me a cool idea for a dnd campaign

[@menhera758]

you wanna share buddy?

[@alicecourtney5816]

Read Small Gods by Terry Pratchett

[@YippietheGlaceon]

Me: Wait it’s all odin? Mythology: 🔫 Always has been

[@matthewstephenson5781]

Look everything's odin. Odin or a Greek god in disguise, sometimes both. Best not to ask

[@mettatonsagent7541]

Odin lookin sus

[@wombataldebaran9686]

Ooops, all Odin!

[@alucardvigilatedismas2868]

An abundance of Odins

[@officialluckyturn]

@@mettatonsagent7541 there is an odin among us!

[@NerdishGeekish]

I swear, "That mysterious and elusive figure? Yeah, that's probably secretly Odin." Is the norse version of "That handsome and kinda magic young man? Yeah, that's probably Zeus's bastard child."

[@craytherlaygaming2852]

Odin.. or loki.... they both shapeshifted and heck even being a girl wasn't beyond either

[@carrioncrow13]

"Or an actual god testing your hospitality."

[@craytherlaygaming2852]

@@carrioncrow13 Odin did this, and they became the story of cinterclouse... norse santa... which is just Odin. Testing mortals Or more accurately Santa-clause is a fusion of St. Nicolas and Odin.... thats why he's an old man, he has the epitif of allfather which.. I mean could eventually inspire the whole reason that the poem that refrences how 'Santa' is just your parents says he 'looks like your dad' but also seems to say he isn't. St. Nicholas and Odin.... honestly if there was a myth around them I wouldn't be shocked if they were close friends. And Odin just happened to be some guy who was hanging around. Dude probably had contingencies for ragnarok

[@alastor1052]

@@craytherlaygaming2852 Sinterklaas as we call him is still celebrated every year in the Netherlands. Basically, children who were good get rewarded and the bad ones taken away. He has an army of servants tainted black by chimneys that are super nimble and acrobatic... Sound familiar?

[@craytherlaygaming2852]

@@alastor1052 Ah thank you for telling me the propor spelling. I never knew how it was written, just said.

[@lewdcharizard9902]

"There's ghosts in the sky!" "It's 3 AM, please go to sleep." "Ghosts!" Deep sigh. "Yes, there are sky ghosts, and if you don't pay respects to them by ignoring them and going back to bed you'll dead before sunrise."

[@magmat0585]

"So ma'am, you're saying these ghosts came down and stabbed your husband 47 times with a kitchen knife for not respecting them?"

[@salvadortoscano2534]

@@magmat0585 No, I'm saying there were thousands of ghosts going through my house, only 47 of them stabbed my husband xD

[@definitelynotagenocider5204]

@@salvadortoscano2534 Dang it (insert random woman name)! I always say that my friends are coming over on sundays! Also why did you claim that guy is me huh? Are you cheating on me?!

[@Resistant396]

Dead by Dawn?

[@IPutThisUsernameHere]

@@Resistant396 more like...Dead by Arawn!! Amiright??

[@helix9445]

the feminine urge to lead an army of ghosts on a dark hunt and give gold to people who give you respect

[@thehistoryandbooknerd8979]

I couldn’t agree more

[@elywahl9520]

I am not female but I still wanna join...

[@charlottechapin5953]

@@elywahl9520Then come along, my good friend. It’s too awesome to keep to ourselves.

[@elywahl9520]

@@charlottechapin5953 yaasss

[@mattuwu9978]

“All roads lead to Odin” has the same energy as “all evolutionary lines lead to crab”

[@bees4106]

All Wikipedia articles lead to philosophy.

[@sarahackroyd2150]

all roads lead to rome, all art tips lead to pinterest.

[@Ribbons0121R121]

reject humanity, return to crab

[@thecrookedanimator]

All drains lead to the ocean

[@festethephule7553]

Odin riding a crab in Rome. It's the only way.

[@necromelodia2432]

Random guy: Hey bro what do you want to eat? Ghosts: The souls of the innocent Hunt leader: A bagel Ghosts: *NO* Hunt leader: Two bagels

[@emmanorrington8841]

dude look in the osp vine animics. the egyptian gods cover that.

[@anyathepanther7977]

3 bagels! My last offer!

[@fictional-girl_05]

YES

[@Lemuel928]

Three Bagels.

[@keltai83]

Wild hunt pulls into a MacDonalds drive thru: Damned souls of the Eternal Hunt: MACDONALDS MACDONALDS :DD Leader: orders one black coffee and rides off Damned souls: :(

[@MegaDK47]

Literally every single European culture ever: "Scary ghost army probably lead by Odin Oooooooo~" The Welsh: "Doggos!"

[@coromo4978]

the wellish version is a lot less scary

[@matthewmac5787]

@@coromo4978 to be fair it's not meant to be scary. After all their job is to lead lost souls to the afterlife.

[@jamiel6005]

We’ve got plenty of scary folklore aside from that, though. If you’ve never experienced the beauty of Wales, I’d understand why you couldn’t pin down why we don’t often villainize it. Cymru am byth :)

[@ethanGuitar]

@@jamiel6005 Cymru am byth brawd. Spread the good word.

[@cramerfloro5936]

Are you implying the continental wild hunt doesn't have doggos?

[@NxTTxT]

the domino effect we have from "Odin going on a nightly ride for a wild hunt" to "Harley Quinn is basically a version of Odin" is genuinely something mind blowing to me about this video

[@craytherlaygaming2852]

It's either Odin... or Loki Either way just keep them away from the king or you'll be at war by sunrise

[@darafarnoush]

I saw this before the video loaded, short to say I’m confused

[@WinterPains]

Time stamp?

[@lilaboxx]

@@WinterPains 12:34

[@pionosphere]

It's like turtles: Odin all the way down.

[@firetarrasque4667]

"If it's a travelling trickster, it's probably Odin."

[@whafflete6721]

If he travels in a van and randomly gives u a job,he's probably Odin

[@definitelynotagenocider5204]

If you see a random "attractive" dude wooing you, don't go with him, it's probably Zeus.

[@duykhangtran4406]

Or Hermes... Now I get that part in the Hermes video when Rome think Odin is just Mecury

[@RikkaP]

@@duykhangtran4406 I think that is because Odin valued brains over brawn like Mercury, and he also was a god of magic- that really closed it in on Mercury, I would guess. Like their Northern neighbours I guess the Romans considered magic kinda girly. I think Odin had to beg Freya to teach him seidhr, the Vana magic.

[@thevrana]

@@definitelynotagenocider5204 If you see a random "attractive" swan wooing you,don't go with him,it's definitely Zeus.

[@364-unbirthdays8]

"But not every hunt leader is Odin." Ad: ASSASSINS CREED VALHALLA "Ok maybe every hunt leader IS Odin"

[@keelanbarron928]

That's great.

[@joeevans5770]

Red: I'Ve almost run out of horror stories My Brain: THE PHAAAAAANNNNNNTOOOOOM OF THE OPERA

[@brelonwy]

I'd better see her cover the Phantom of the Opera next Halloween now

[@Nikolas_Davis]

Try *ELECTION 2020: The Trumpening*

[@IONATVS]

Hunchback of Notre Dame/Notre Dame de Paris would work too.

[@marisp2588]

YES

[@raininess]

Of course that's what your brain would say, given that the Phantom of the Opera is there inside your mind.

[@moonchild4648]

8:03 "she leaves phantom dogs on the houses of people who don't lock up properly" I just like to imagine that she sees the house is unprotected and leaves a dog to guard it.

[@justafallperson2108]

I'm surprised she never dropped one at mine...living way out in the boonies as a kid, the door was almost never locked.

[@limarien6405]

@@justafallperson2108 I always thought my parents were weird keeping the door locked cause we lived in the middle of the woods. Thing is some animals are smart enough to open doors

[@justafallperson2108]

@@limarien6405 True...never thought of that

[@Vinemaple]

The idea that the cursed invisible doggo is left behind with kindly intentions is a fascinating story seed

[@phastinemoon]

Add the idea that they cause misfortune, it’s probably some fair folk symbolism that the dogs have a moral compass that doesn’t really align with human standards, so they’re bringing “gifts” that humans don’t want.

[@danielorozco5686]

Ancient people: "tornadoes are caused by ghosts" People from Kansas: "is this the afterlife?"

[@officert5147]

Wizard of oz checks out lol

[@evilproductionstudios9659]

We’re not in Kansas anymore. (looking out towards the pits of hell)

[@ordhinv.hohenheim5009]

Kansas might be red Indian mass grave

[@cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967]

@@ordhinv.hohenheim5009 Source?

[@akumasstorytime3910]

I read the "is this the afterlife" as the "is this the real life" from Bohemian rhapsody.

[@canskntsfalan5430]

Red- "Harlequin's start character is Odin". Even Batman cannot prepare for this...

[@riverraven7359]

twist. Harley Quinn is Loki pretending to be an npc with a name that indirectly references Odin to stir some shit....

[@NeilMcIntoshHarlequeen]

@The Complicator I’ve never found a consistent story on Harlequin.

[@riverraven7359]

@The Complicator its just a joke

[@WinterAyars]

Odin is kinda the original "Batman is prepared for anything". Spends years upon years preparing for every possible eventuality to stave off Ragnarok.

[@Papelliare]

And this is where the DC and Marvel cinematic universes tie up

[@blackvial]

Did not know that Ghost Rider was connected to the Wild Hunt, learn something new every Friday on this channel

[@roguepsykerhaaker4813]

Ever heard the song "ghost riders in the sky?" that's what tipped me off anyway

[@roguepsykerhaaker4813]

Oh whoops that was the outro song, prolly should've watched the whole video before replying huh

[@arcanefury3666]

It makes sense when you think about it

[@demonheart13]

It's mentioned at the beginning of the movie isn't it

[@roguepsykerhaaker4813]

@@demonheart13 not exactly, the ghost rider is always portrayed as a lone figure (in the movie, I know that a bunch of ghost riders show up that one time in the comics) and never as a leader of an army of ghosts, and he doesn't fly either

[@atomicbuttocks]

Me: **howls on a windy night** Odin: meats back on the menu bois

[@craytherlaygaming2852]

You: Wasn't prepared for Valhalla yet

[@TheRealEvilkitten3]

all roads lead to orcdin

[@theguyinthebluejacket3474]

Red: “I kinda ran out of stuff.” Headless Horseman: AM I A JOKE TO YOU?!

[@bitethedust3561]

why's no one talking about this?

[@michigangarnet3804]

I would kill for a sleepy hollow video

[@candy-coatedrose513]

Portrait of Dorian Gray joins in

[@Luca-vn9yb]

She also mentioned Werewolves at the beginning of the Frankenstein video, so I was kinda expecting them for this years Halloween. However, I still enjoyed this episode bigtime because I really liked learning about all the German folklore!

[@JayMadd13]

Same

[@VirgoArtsOfficial]

Fun fact: It was considered terrible luck to call a horse white in ancient times, so they were often characterized as grey.

[@FirebladesSong]

Even more fun fact; Albinism usually has severe consequences in horses. Horses that look white but are called gray were born a different color and have what is literally called a 'graying gene' that causes them to turn white.

[@beetle7710]

please tell me why

[@VirgoArtsOfficial]

@@beetle7710 It was considered very unlucky to call an animal white in ancient times, as white was associated with death and spirits.

[@lordfelidae4505]

@@VirgoArtsOfficial that makes sense. When you die, the blood drains down and leaves you looking paper white.

[@sparky082]

To this day at least when I was a kid in the 90s my white pony was called a grey because of this fact so it's still at least around if not common

[@starspawn507]

"Oh no! Exactly what we asked for! This is the worst."

[@ellendavis9272]

That has the same energy as "if you say your asexual no one will want to date you" .......like yeah... that's the point...

[@arithmomania1237]

@@ellendavis9272 Exactly!

[@Daniel-qt5ib]

I mean, getting turned into a hunting dog maybe wasn't ideal for them though :P

[@CrownofMischief]

@@Daniel-qt5ib yeah, the dog part makes it a bit of a monkey's paw wish

[@blakea3323]

The idea of old gods taking souls that the Christian god won’t is absolutely awesome, great for any story!

[@limarien6405]

Yeah like it turns out hell isn't real you just get taken in by kindly pagan gods

[@josephperez2004]

I can't help but imagine a sort of supermarket location with a bunch of pagan gods beelining it to clearance isle for souls at 70% off.

[@GravesRWFiA]

@@limarien6405 which is what you would want anyway if you weren't christian

[@janTesika]

@@limarien6405 "kindly" depends on the god. Odin is nice enough, Freya would probably be just a hippie... Hades is definitely a nice dude! Overall neutral, downright charitable sometimes!

[@cobaltordinaire5219]

God: This bitch sinning! YEET *tosses soul at pagan gods*

[@mutantmaster1]

Modern Historians: wait, it's all Odin?! Ancient Monks and scholars: *aims crossbow* always has been

[@starmaker75]

Ancient Monks and scholars: the truth is it odin telling us to go to Brazil.

[@catarinamelchiorgomes8750]

@@starmaker75 kinda fitting having a wild hunt here.

[@craytherlaygaming2852]

Ahem... A crossbow with 10 bolts on it. Also the monks and Scholars are just different forms of Odin XD

[@maxx8362]

Red breaks out the horns and cape. This can only mean one thing. "This is Halloween This is Halloween Halloween Halloween"

[@localforestwitch7215]

Everybody make a scream!

[@fabiandolch1505]

Red's rundown of "A Nightmare Before Christmas" when?

[@WateverWatever04]

@@fabiandolch1505 👀

[@someperson1894]

@@fabiandolch1505 y e s

[@marisp2588]

Boys and girls of every age, Wouldn't you like to see something strange? Come with us and you will see This our town of Halloween THIS IS HALLOWEEN THIS IS HALLOWEEN HALLOWEEN HALLOWEEN HALLOWEEN HALLOWEEN HALLOWEEN HALLOWEEN HALLOWEEN HALLOWEEN

[@Pengalen]

The leader of the wild hunt being a woman does not prevent it from being Odin.

[@euansmith3699]

There is plenty of Transvestism, Transgenderism, and, even, Trans-speciesism in Norse Myth; so, I guess, it could still be Oden, or at least Loki :D

[@cramerfloro5936]

Like, Frau Gauden LITERALLY is Odin! While she was syncretized with the German Frija figures, but her name is already a giveaway that she's the odd one out (Gode is derived from Wode). But her connection to dogs and the "I wanna hunt forever" story are distinctive traits of the Wild Huntsman.

[@SuperAmaton]

So its just Orthinus then?

[@cramerfloro5936]

@@SuperAmaton pretty much, yeah

[@yoursexualizedgrandparents6929]

Odin put on the gender switch crown he got after defeating Bowser.

[@imtid471]

Folktale Cop: I got an LL6 i repeat I have an LL6 Cruel step mother and step sister Bullying they're poor sister Folktale dispatch: Roger Roger sending a mysterious old lady to give bullied sister blessing

[@craytherlaygaming2852]

Meanwhile Odin: *knocks out mysterious old lady* "my turn" *shapeshifts into said mysterious old lady*

[@noblegas8485]

I love this More examples please

[@mariustan9275]

This sounds like some alternate SCP Foundation that specifically deals in myths and folktales.

[@miratime]

Have you read Indexing by Seanan McGuire?

[@Meshakhad]

There’s an episode of CaFae Latte that uses this. Then they have an episode featuring Herla and the Wild Hunt.

[@jamespocelinko104]

Dwarf: Here, have a puppy for being such a good wedding guest King Hurla: That's good *Finds out it's been 300 years and he cannot get off his horse without dying* King Hurla: That's bad

[@whoknows7968]

That dwarf is a terrible friend

[@cam4636]

...But on the plus side, free puppy

[@loneronin6813]

@@cam4636 My thoughts exactly! It can't be all bad if a free puppy is involved. It's all about looking on the bright side. Silver linings and all that. Given they now ride in the clouds, I imagine they will be seeing a lot of silver linings lol XD

[@ultra-papasmurf]

on the other side, it saved him from dying due to it making him eternal. And if he ever wants to die he can just punt the dog and chuck himself off

[@SpiralSine6]

@@cam4636 that’s good!

[@SteveAkaDarktimes]

ah yes the pinnacle of femininity: Charging across the Winters night sky at the head of an army of pagan ghosts bringing snow and gold to the worthy.

[@thedailybullshit4033]

we love to see a girlboss winning

[@craytherlaygaming2852]

Note... Odin both could shapeshift into a woman, was a god of deception and had an elite warrior group of women... Anyone else wondering if Odin ever actually showed his true form and if he even really was a guy? damn shapshifters of deception

[@adeleaslan8182]

The feminine urge to get cursed by God to lead a ghostly army through the night

[@davidpeterson5647]

The struggle for the use of a bathroom is a story as old as time.

[@phoenixfire1074]

@@craytherlaygaming2852 Odin was gender non-conforming, actually

[@prophetkat]

Wait so the hound never jumps off the horse? Dude is eternally riding around with a pupper that decides his fate? Wtf dwarf! Thats too much responsibility for a pupper!

[@jasonreed7522]

Also i always find it funny how these stories forget that this dude needs to use the bathroom at some point, and it don't think he's a skilled enough horse man for that. Unless getting "cursed" automatically fixes the need for basic life needs like food, water, hygene, toilets, exercise, moving (seriously after a year of riding a horse you have to hurt). Unless specifically stated in the curse like how tantulus explicitly can't eat or drink (I know he's dead but its an example)

[@benlubbers4943]

@@jasonreed7522 The whole thing is considered a torture for a reason. Well, more than one, you provided a pretty extensive list ^^

[@muksimulmaad7413]

@@jasonreed7522 Be that person Go to a dwarf's wedding Forever constipated

[@prophetkat]

@@benlubbers4943 why did the dwarf want to torture him though?

[@benlubbers4943]

@@prophetkat Good question. Could be because fey folks are assholes or maybe the guy was a terrible guest, or maybe he didn't bring the right gifts. I do not know the story. Whatever the case, the fact the Dwarf didn't give a heads up beforehand is a big indicator the dwarf didn't care about, or even purposefully left out warnings of, the time thing.

[@KickassGrade1Fixer]

CATHERINE! I HAVEN'T BROKEN YOUR HEART-- YOU DID; AND IN BREAKING IT, YOU'VE BROKEN MINE!

[@randomhomesapien9078]

Catherine...tear me asunder...allow me to see your eyes as I expire..

[@philipplyanguzov9090]

One by one, the PM canbase will take over the comment section of Red's entire backlog

[@magentaman7639]

I hear the words “pupper” and “bad omen” and I get very confused.

[@hellfire286]

Wild Hunt: comes to China Sun Wukong: that looks fun

[@MemeLordCrusader]

Wild hunt: heeeyyy I think I saw a deer in germany. Want to go back ?

[@GameTornado01]

That's the kinda crossover episode I want.

[@rashmissule]

I really, really want to see that crossover

[@marcopohl4875]

Sun and Odin at the same time: "finally a challenge!"

[@empathictitan9538]

@@marcopohl4875 OUR BATTLE WILL BE LEGENDARY!!

[@Randerson2409]

"All roads lead to Odin" Such an accurate statement in Old European Folklore

[@Odinfrost]

I mean, with how much that one eyed man wandered the world, is it any wonder that we can trace everything back to him?

[@whodoc226]

Very impressive for what is basically a huge Magic nerd (no disrespect, nerds are awesome)

[@yonatanbeer3475]

It's actually very fitting.

[@martonlerant5672]

More like all roads lead to perkwunos, and his various cultural iterations, on of which is Odin.

[@kavky]

Just western European.

[@tdimensional6733]

"We have an E221, I repeat E221, a dead wife haunting her husband on the second marriage, over-" Gold. Just gold.

[@derkrischa3720]

I would love an SCP-like Story about professional ghost hunters, who have to deal with such stuff!

[@univeige8948]

its real

[@XenViewing_o7]

If you actually look for it in the list, E221 is the actual ‘code’ for “a dead wife haunting her husband on second marriage” From the list itself: “E221. E221. Dead spouse's malevolent return. Usually to protest with survivor because of evil ways.” There’s also different categories of this, its glorious-

[@Vinemaple]

Not just funny, but some pretty cool worldbuilding!

[@starlight0313]

​@@derkrischa3720i mean, ghostbusters is an MTF

[@spaceyrogue]

All Roads Lead to Rome, and All Stories Lead to Odin.

[@cramerfloro5936]

Even Frau Gauden is just Odin crossdressing! XD But no, for real, she might actually still be a genderbent Odin.

[@Temi222]

@Detlaff von Drac lmfaoo

[@nowhereman6019]

WODEN

[@rajnaik220]

\(○●○)/ ROMA!!!

[@kaarpiv375]

Odin the Allfucker gets around in mythos.

[@artemiswolf4508]

Right after she said the leader of the hunt is usually riding on a white horse I got a perfume ad with Zendaya riding a white horse in a dress. This is a sign Zendaya is the leader of the wild hunt.

[@rachell.5555]

I got one welcome Zendaya as our Wild Hunt leader

[@olywilleventuallyanimate9646]

@Moros God Of Doom No she’s too pretty tho :((

[@gabrielbastos18]

So... is Zendaya Odin? Or a variation of an ancient winter goddess? Or both?

[@olywilleventuallyanimate9646]

@Moros God Of Doom No >:( I think she’s doing great

[@josephivenegas]

*glances at live action PJ series*

[@kon6708]

Red: "And then there's Frau Holle..." Me: "Ain't that the..." Red: "Yep, the pillow shake snow woman"

[@Demolitiondude]

Dramatic chipmunk!

[@cramerfloro5936]

I got a book about hessian folklegends (Hessen is the main region Frau Holle comes from. Plus the Grimms came from there and they wrote down the pillow tale among the "German" fairytales. Hmmmmmmmm........) And there are a variety of legends about her and variations of her character with other names, like Frau Schuckel or Frau Else, who all make the weather, bring fertility to the land, reward good people and lead/participate in the wild hunt

[@lilliansahara8625]

I was also surprised when she started telling that story because I read that as a child and was quite surprised that it might have pagan roots

[@Sunaki1000]

Well in the modern Version the Sisters just get covered in Gold and Tar(?). Dont know if thats an improvement. Good Prononciation on her part.

[@Lemuel928]

The Pillar Women!?!

[@franciscoreza8295]

PM agents raiding random videos is a wild hunt reference

[@mera-mori]

“Dead but hasn’t got the memo” is the best description of ghosts I’ve heard

[@alexkibbe2792]

and nowadays the wild hunt just bothers innocent witchers.

[@acactus8353]

Aight found a witcher reference won't comment one

[@riftendrifter]

@@acactus8353 i too was searching for one before making one

[@poankiyu7664]

Yep also thought of that.

[@couragew6260]

Nice comment 👍

[@IggyTthunders]

Well, The Witcher bothers Moorcock.

[@michaelscott6022]

"It looks like all these stories lead back to Odin." Well, he _was_ titled 'The All-Father', y'know...

[@medb1996]

i get the feeling harlequin is probably NOT tied to odin, considering france had a HUGE celtic substrate, especially from the insular celts (celts? i could do a whole rant on it but romans werent good at summarizing cultures basically), and what have you, and how, well, those giants dont act a lot like jotnar/germanic giants in their lore

[@MilitaryHistory1]

good point

[@gabrielbastos18]

@@medb1996 Well, the Harlequin seems to be tied to Herla, who is from the British Isles. In some versions, Herla and similar beings (like Herne the Hunter) have antlers, similar to Cernunnos, who is also believed to be an influence. Yet, these folkloric figures as we know them today only really started popping up after the Christianization of Britain, long after the Norse and Germanic invasions/migrations (which also occurred in France). So to rule out Odin from being an influence is a bit hasty. The most likely answer is that Odin, Cernunnos, along with other mythological beings and possibly some historical individuals all played a part in the shaping of Harlequin and other folkloric individuals of similar nature.

[@cramerfloro5936]

@@gabrielbastos18 and all this mythological discussion just to understand the etymology of an all-job clown with a rainbow-diamond-onsie and a venetian girlfriend

[@thewlf1226]

Atleast he stays mostly in Valhalla and not like zeus u know going after every female ever

[@THEVOICESOHGOD]

CATHERINE!!!! WHERE ARE YOU????!!!! APPEAR BEFORE ME, AND TEAR ME ASUNDER!!!??!

[@Agaettis]

"King of the Britons!" "The who?" "The Britons!" "Who are the Britons?" "We all are and I am your king!" "Well I didn't vote for ya!"

[@arminiusofgermania]

Look, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.

[@musiccubed2650]

"You don't vote for kings!"

[@patrickfrost9405]

@@arminiusofgermania Good one for warriors, though.

[@jonathanbjorkman700]

Monty python moment

[@alexrastall1868]

@@arminiusofgermania now if I went around saying I was an emperor all because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me they’d throw me away!!

[@glamourweaver]

German Wild Hunt: this useless scraps were gold the whole time! British Faerie: the gold was useless scraps the whole time!

[@blarg2429]

I want a story with a genre-savvy protagonist and even more genre-savvy fae, and the fae gives the protagonist useless scraps that turn into a different kind of equally useless scraps overnight.

[@jbvikingbat5595]

Equivalent exchange, that's how the magical economy stays afloat

[@dragonmanfirebane5078]

@@jbvikingbat5595 a magical economy that is based on things that are easy to transmute like gold don't exist or at least not for very long

[@thatman8562]

@@dragonmanfirebane5078; It’s actually based off of Uranium and Thorium, which are hard to transmute magically but easy to do so through technological methods.

[@Aman123ace]

Or it was a throw away joke about magic rewards everyone, seriously people

[@H9092-2]

Can I say how absolutely baller Red's art of the Wild Hunt Huntmaster is? The cloak held up so only a single eye shows, the flowing cloth and the hat pulled low. Glorious.

[@daviddaugherty2816]

I've been making a D&D setting out of as much mythology as I could find and this is totally the design I'm using for the Lord of the Wild Hunt.

[@tatianamacgregor2024]

I now need an “it was Odin all along” sticker/shirt in the style of “it was Agatha all along”

[@craytherlaygaming2852]

Mythologically speaking... Agatha could easily be Odin or Loki in disguise it's kinda their style

[@lauraceae8037]

When Red said she would do Count of Monte Cristo my heart literally leaped out of my chest. I’d be so willing to be horrifically betrayed by my closest friends, lose my fiancé to her own cousin, and rot in a prison cell for 14 years only to escape following the death of my only friend in isolation for that video.

[@zombyninja2576]

it is one of my favorite books too

[@strawberryfairydust6932]

Wait I didn’t realize they were cousins! Now I have read the book again

[@Emma-sj6wp]

@@strawberryfairydust6932 I think it was second cousins through marriage but I might have told myself that-

[@BobMcBobJr]

I pretty sure it was first cousins. Still it's not abnormal for the time. Roughly 50% of all marriages in human history have been between first cousins.

[@Kenko706]

I'm old. I ain't got 14 years most likely. :P

[@BellBOYd128]

"Wind's Howling." Yes, Geralt, I know.

[@ryancoleridge]

Looks like rain.

[@inrevenant]

damn, i had to scroll way too far to find this

[@dingo1547]

Finally a Witcher reference. You would think with a title like the wild hunt there would be Witcher references everywhere.

[@madtrapper1312]

What now you piece of filth !

[@ryancoleridge]

@@madtrapper1312 How do you like that silver?

[@pageachatter229]

The Old Gods coming by and collecting the souls that God and Big J don't want, and taking those souls to their respective afterlives? Sounds pretty sweet to me.

[@jeremytewari3346]

Honestly, why is that a punishment. "Whatever afterlife you were hoping for... IS THE AFTERLIFE YOU GET! Spooooooooooooky"

[@splorngo]

I think it’s bc the Norse gods had some sort of fated end. With Christianity, you’re fated to a peaceful afterlife until the end of time.

[@GoblinHours-im2ue]

That’s why I go out at night at scream at the sky to hail Satan so Artemis and her hunt can take me when I leave

[@basedgod6016]

@Dragons Wind The idea is that heaven is bliss, perfection, so existing there for eternity is good (especially when the other option is eternal suffering)

[@mitchmcginn4250]

Norse-Germanic or Celtic, sign me up!!

[@auntvivienne8669]

I just realized that there’s probably a connection to Father Christmas here. Flies through the winter sky, you can hear him coming (bells instead of howling wind), rewards good behaviour, punishes bad behaviour, etc.

[@josephperez2004]

Huh, given a fair few Christmas traditions have some very pagan roots, doesn't sound all that strange.

[@daviddaugherty2816]

​@@josephperez2004It's more like Christmas is 3 pagan holidays in a trench coat wearing a Jesus mask.

[@eric2500]

Oooh! I want that graphic image!@@daviddaugherty2816

[@eric2500]

Reindeer are kind of suspicious too in that they are not very Middle Eastern, are they?

[@OddyOddity-ob2uv]

He also leaves behind presents in stockings, like how Odin in the first story handed the peasant a gift in a boot. Neat!

[@denpadolt9242]

Urban-legend version: Rather than being a band of invisible hunters chasing prey through the night, it's an invisible biker gang!

[@jolulouloulou1908]

That sounds like a wicked idea for a TV show.

[@thewizzardpineapple6007]

Dresden Files.

[@daneiltherat2327]

Ghost Riders in the Sky!

[@ravenpotter3]

HORSE BIKES! Robot horse bikes! Or living bikes made of horse flesh and bones and have a horse head

[@doc_garner]

The biker gang is on a poker run, snagging booze and wenches on their ride through the sky, sometimes dropping platinum poker chips.

[@zippy2058]

Can’t wait for the sequel, “Ghostnado 2: The Second One.”

[@Centauri816]

Ghostnado 2: electric spoogalo

[@thegreatboi8357]

I’m going Sea you leader and SHARK YOU IN YOUR SIDE.

[@Bopoeoaelic]

Ghostnado 3: I ain't get no sleep 'cause of y'all.

[@mikotagayuna8494]

The Wild Hunt - an ancient memory of the first Black Friday sale.

[@cramerfloro5936]

Ahahaha!

[@mythandmayhem1134]

Milk Tagayuna You are suggesting that the modern equivalent of loud, chaotic, and often malevolent ghost armies is Black Friday shoppers and I don’t think you’re wrong.

[@ggrocks6566]

XD

[@faristasairuv5143]

@@mythandmayhem1134 My friend who works retail can confirm.

[@craytherlaygaming2852]

Yep... Totally Odin's fault

[@rottenstinkyegg]

particularly heartbroken man: the wild what…

[@abthedragon4921]

"Plus if there was ever a year to stay in doors this is probably it." How poetic

[@timothymclean]

I look forward to the day when nobody has any idea what she's talking about.

[@renoloverxoxo]

@@timothymclean We still talk about the Black Death more than half a millennia later so... gonna be awhile.

[@timothymclean]

@@renoloverxoxo Yeah, but we don't assume someone's talking about the Black Death when someone mentions, say, plague masks.

[@Punaparta]

@@timothymclean I mean, if it's from a text written in 1348, it's probably reasonable to assume that a comment about plague masks is referring to the Black Death.

[@tonyjames3541]

"But not every hunt leader is Odin" Gets an ad about Hitler

[@AbdulGoodLooks]

I got that ad too!

[@kxuydhj]

Coincidence? I think not!

[@tonyjames3541]

@@AbdulGoodLooks Aww hell no!

[@weaselwolf]

I did Nazi that coming

[@skolkor]

Oof...

[@shilbill]

Am I the only one who wants an “All Roads Lead to Odin” shirt? 🙏🙏

[@inrevenant]

"All Hunts Lead to Wotan", you mean? 😁

[@lydiafayre9806]

I want "all roads lead to Hermes."

[@cheeselord3655]

Heh, heh... Roadin

[@aquapenguin9697]

I also want one but I also want full covers of red singing the songs she sings at the end of the halloween specials

[@murasaki335]

Japanese, Chinese and Korean folklore also have a Wild Hunt - 百鬼夜行 (pronounced ‘hyakki yagyo’, ‘ bai gui ye xing’ and ‘baeggwiyahaeng’ respectively). This phrase is identical in appearance with Japanese kanji and Korean hanja with the Chinese script. It literally means ‘hundred demons wandering in the night’, and was a procession of demons and monsters wandering through the towns, killing everything they can find. Now the phrase also means ‘veritable pandemonium’ or ‘scandalous scene’.

[@elizabethlee2136]

Omg. Have you seen Pom Poko? I love that movie. It's just as good as "Spirited away" All the raccoons and Danzaburo the Tanuki do their own Hyakki Yagyo but most people are too busy to notice. It breaks my heart

[@Vinemaple]

Is there a demon in any of them that looks like Miss Piggy?

[@NODNS_n_M.ORD11630]

Gegegegege

[@grantmitchell6738]

“Wotan if you want want to be all Old High German about it” I do in fact, thank you

[@Bird_Dog00]

In the bernese highlands of switzerland the Wild Hunt is called "Wüetisheer" (if you're not german speaking, don't even try to pronounce it...). Sounds very similar to "Wütendes Heer". raging host (as mentioned in the video). The correct translation of Wüetisheer would be Woden's Host.

[@Curathol]

Phôl ende Wuodan fuorun zi holza. dû wart demo balderes folon sîn fuoz birenkit. thû biguol en Sinthgunt, Sunna era swister; thû biguol en Frîja, Folla era swister; thû biguol en Wuodan, sô hê wola conda: sôse bênrenki, sôse bluotrenki, sôse lidirenki: bên zi bêna, bluot zi bluoda, lid zi geliden, sôse gelîmida sîn. there you go. How does your horse feel?

[@matthewstephenson5781]

@@Bird_Dog00 wodan is a very common pronunciation of odin, to the point it probably names a whole week dsy

[@GaijinEncarmine]

Wodan and Thuranaz not Odin and Thor okay?

[@FioreCiliegia]

@@Bird_Dog00 not saying it out loud but in my head I head worcester... like the sauce... this is why I kept my mouth shut 🤣

[@inkilling3467]

Intresting interpretation on the "Frau Holle" fairy tale, usually the good girl get literally covered in gold (her dress, hair, ect. turns to gold) and the lazy girl gets the same thing just with tar (tar can be translated to "Pech" in german and "Pech" also a synomyn for bad luck)

[@swirlingsun]

I knew the version with the toads and diamonds... it's probably different depending on where you hear it

[@frauleintaka27]

That's the version I know from childhood as well. That's why the girls are usually called "Goldmarie" and "Pechmarie". Never heard any other version before but like with every fairy tale there are probably several different versions of Frau Holle as well.

[@daniekaltes9085]

The version I know has a more malevolent witch who refuses to pay the good girl, but when the girl looks up the hearth into the chimney money falls down. The girl then flees and the tree, cow, and oven help her hide. The lazy girl also finds the money up the chimney, but the tree can't help her hide, because it's branches are still heavy with apples. So the girl's caught. It's really interesting to hear the different versions!

[@cageybee7221]

does Pech have anything to do with Pitch?

[@devinjohnson9133]

I heard a twist on that story where instead of a person giving the gold and tar to the good and bad daughter respectively, it was a elder cat where there's a whole town of talking cats that require someone to take care of them (oh and the good daughter got a gold star on her forehead, while the bad one had a small donkey's tail on their's before a another happily ever after where the good one got to be with a handsome prince, something tells me there's a mashup of different stories for that one)

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

*Weather:* "You think this is funny?" *Someone mimicking the Wild Hunt's sounds:* "In a cosmic sorta way, yes." *Weather:* "Well, Mister Funny Man...Is this how you get your sick kicks?!" "What? It's just an ordinary windy...OH MY GOODNESS!"

[@novasvendsen4226]

YOU!!

[@jakariashafin8685]

Just some guy with a moustache yo

[@MrImastinker]

“ODIN!”

[@Zarastro54]

This is a brilliant reference.

[@shadymann9468]

The Wild Hunt will tear Wuthering Heights asunder!!!

[@neilisawesome2333]

Lintgreg: maidshu, we must hunt the wolf

[@superb_ray_of_light]

The takeaway that matters the most to me is that someone categorized folklore motifs into an scp-like index

[@cramerfloro5936]

That really is beautiful!

[@r.s.2890]

best news ever. XD

[@vaspeter2600]

Where do you think the concept of SCPs came from?

[@JesusRamirez-fb4hc]

(Sees title) “if Red isn’t singing “Ghost Riders in the Sky” at the end, I’m unsubscribing.” (Watches whole video) “Maybe i should support OSP on Patreon”

[@smileyface81mc77]

Right?! And she sang so well! I got chills man.

[@caoilfhionndunbar]

@@smileyface81mc77 i know, I want a full version

[@keepperspective]

My first thought!

[@WitherBossEntity]

My home town had it's own version of the hidden--gift-of-gold motif: One winter evening Rotkopf [meaning readhead] Görg, a poor but talented fiddler, was walking back home through the trees on the Windberg, when he happened upon a little hooded figure, who asked him to play for a festivity. After agreeing, he was blindfolded and led deep into the mountain to a secret palace, where he played all evening for the little people's dance. As payment, they filled his hat with coal [there was a lot of coal mining in the area] and told him to keep it. Angered by the poor gift, he dumped the coal on his way home and went to sleep. But when he woke up in the morning, the few chunks still remaining in his hat had turned into pure gold.

[@cramerfloro5936]

But he did not find those he left behind again

[@RikkaP]

Wo ist denn der Windberg?

[@WitherBossEntity]

@@RikkaP Bei Freital in Sachsen

[@RikkaP]

@@WitherBossEntity Cool. Ich muss gestehen, ich war nur einmal östlich vom Harz, in Berlin, 1992... Ich kenne den Osten und den Süden kaum. So Fischkopp hier.

[@Kittykattarina]

I have heard this story before but I can't remember where.

[@protege6383]

Oh Catherine… I can feel your presence… Oh please…

[@brianholmes1812]

"Probably secretly Odin". Now that's a line that needs to go on a shirt

[@TheCheezeFactor]

Yaaaas

[@nyetloki]

Maybe it's zeus

[@brambleberryproductions1235]

I'd spend my last money on that shirt

[@bskec2177]

Santa Claus. Santa Claus is a Wild Hunt figure. Maybe Santa is Odin?

[@aetheo4961]

You mean a hoodie (joking but only mostly)

[@firetarrasque4667]

"The amazingly named Erik Bloodaxe" Red, you sweet summer child, that is only the beginning of amazing Icelandic nicknames.

[@girv98]

*Norwegian

[@thegreatstoneddragon9432]

Thanks! Now I know where to look for name ideas for my Barbarian in D&D.

[@the120cxx]

Gilius Thunderhead?

[@dans4129]

@@girv98 well I'm sure there are many cool Norwegian names in old storys of Norwegian viking , this is about iceland , and funny Icelandic viking names , that comment just feels kinda like a wierd butt-in : /

[@girv98]

@@dans4129 I don't know what you mean? Erik Bloodaxe was a Norwegian king not an Icelandic one

[@yate0128]

Old societies around the world: *A NEVERENDING TORTURE FOR THOSE SOULS UNLUCKY ENOUGH TO BE DRAGGED THROUGH THE NIGHT, ETERNALLY WHAILING THEIR MISERY THROUGHOUT THE DARKENED NIGHT SKY* Current day: it fucken WIMDY

[@lyric7702]

looks like eight of us got that reference XD

[@drawapretzel6003]

i never fail to say WIMDY now when its wimdy out. I especially hate the wind sounds in The Forest, super traumatizing for tornado survivors.

[@seanpeacock4290]

You just made me google wimdy and waste 30 minutes laughing at memes. I don't know if I should thank you or smack you

[@craytherlaygaming2852]

Even older societies around the world: "Honeeey! Odin's taking the Enhinjar for a ride agaaain!", "Just keep the doors locked dear and they'll leave you alone."

[@berserke_r]

Oh... Round and round we go...

[@metirimagoro9845]

Holding onto pain... driven by our ego...

[@abandonedstar5269]

Feelings untold

[@Just_Someone610]

THE WILD HUNT?? I MIST BE THE REASON WHY

[@RainWelsh]

I’m Welsh, and I learned about Arawn (sometimes Gwyn ap Nudd) and the Cŵn Annwn when I was quite young. Then my family moved, and unbeknownst to me we ended up living very close to a guy who fostered a whole pack of rescue huskies. That’s how itty bitty baby RainWelsh spent many years curled up under the covers on summer nights, listening to what honest to god sounded like the Hunt passing nearby. Bad times, my friends. Bad times.

[@fantasy873]

Yikes! My sympathies!

[@ariesthezodiac7274]

How do you know that the guy who had those huskies wasn't Arawn?

[@fantasy873]

@@ariesthezodiac7274 Oh, dude, great point!

[@RainWelsh]

@@ariesthezodiac7274 ... well. Yeah. Fuck. Maybe I should take him a gift or something. For added hilarity, there’s also a guy in the area who walks two black Alsatians, has a glass eye, and knows things he shouldn’t, who I’ve always joked is secretly Odin. Must be something in the water.

[@OriginalCreatorSama]

@@RainWelsh I mean, "coincidental glass eye" is a WAY better modern cover for the one eyed Allfather than "traveler blatantly missing an eye". Anyone that knows more than they should ought to be respected by default imo.

[@shinikarasu]

"Harley Quinn is Odin" was not the information I expected to get but I'll take it

[@MilitaryHistory1]

what we learned: Odin has some unique tastes

[@kitsunefirefox1986]

That explains why she's so over the Joker.

[@carlosroo5460]

So, if I ever want to draw Odin, remember to draw him eating puddin. Got it.

[@magnuskno]

Well, if I ever get the DC Harley Quinn / Marvel Loki crossover I secretly want, I now hope it includes the phrase "Not again, *Dad*!"

[@anoninunen]

with all the crossovers, I'm sure they'll eventually do "Harley Quinn - Ghost Rider" heh, 'harley'

[@LoudRevised]

Monte Criste after not being reviewed: I will carry hell to do your doorstep.

[@Alyssa-t]

Dressed in rich facades

[@kabob0077]

SLEEPLESS NIGHTS and days of DAMNATION Soon and ever more

[@tootbender6935]

I will bring the Chateau D'if, knocking up on your door!

[@aidoll3692]

Ah yes, the musical fans and/or theater kids.

[@mitchellneu]

Dressed in rich facade Then I’ll burn you to the ground Like an angry god Once you’re in my shining cathedral, Heed the tolling bell It’s the final sound you hear As you descend to hell!

[@ghostmog1361]

me when im Heathcliff Wuthering Heights and im having the worst day of my life

[@n0face2]

"oh no exactly what we asked for! This IS the WoRsT!" Killed me

[@MinamotoKensuke]

My favorite thing about the Hyakki Yagyou is that onmyouji could predict its path and would give advisories on what regions were at risk for it, in addition to their duties setting the calendar and telling fortunes. "So tonight we have a 30% chance of rain and a 80% chance of unstoppable procession of oni in the Inaba province, better stock up on groceries and then stay inside."

[@josephperez2004]

Magical/ Divine Weather Forecasters is not something I realized I wanted to see more of until just now

[@elizabethlee2136]

This is so "welcome to nightvale"

[@b3rz3rk3r9]

Hmm, giant red monsters on a procession that may lead to a great deal of destruction and death. Why does that sound familiar?

[@salvadortoscano2534]

@@josephperez2004 This

[@merrittanimation7721]

Christians: "It's time to step down Odin, it's Jesus time." Odin: "It's fine, I have a whole of warriors I can hang around with and mess with people now." Christians: "Damnit, not again."

[@brunopereira6789]

Odin is Santa Claus!

[@electricangel4488]

Odin: Me and this St, nick guy are gonne give good kids presents on midwinter is that fine Jesus: sure what ever Odin: Just as planned

[@parallaxnick637]

Then I'll call myself Santa and REALLY screw with your believers.

[@dambrooks7578]

Christmas is the first day of visible movement of the sun on the horizon after winter solstice, why do you think Christian saints, especially Jesus, have halos around their heads or old European churches are aligned to catch the sun rise on their specific Saints day. Christianity is the dun worshipping that has forgotten its pagan roots, Jesus shares his birthday with so many other, mostly forgotten gods,; for example Ra from Egypt was also born on what we in the Gregorian calendar call December 25th.

[@Usernamesdontmatter1]

@@dambrooks7578 But jesus wasn't born in december in early christianity. He was originally born in the spring but christians changed it to december 25th to overtake winter pagan festivals.

[@BonkHazard]

Don't mind me, I'm just a PM sleeper agent, getting some context for The Wild Hunt after witnessing it in Limbus.

[@thedamsnackbar8494]

I'm a german person and I think almost every child here in germany knows the story of Frau Holle. But every adaptation or story I red or seen about her ends with that the "good" sister is lead though a gate in the normal world and gold layed all over her and the "bad" sister goes through the same gate but instead of gold she got Pitch and it won't go off

[@the24thcolossusjustchillin39]

I'm 99% certain the same story got published in Denmark too

[@banzedrine145]

I'm not german but yeah what you described is the version I read.

[@Ursa_Polaris]

From the Netherlands, yes, that's roughly the story I grew up with. Tar or pitch, something sticky and yucky and staining anyway. Also I feel there was also something of a warning to not eat the bread of the apples for they have their own curse down the line one way or the other. Maybe that was just my parents going: don't eat other people's food or you might get poisoned.

[@strongfish9198]

Diese Kommentar sektion ist nun Eigentum der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

[@hedgehog3180]

I mean it's so common that Goldmarie and Petchmarie are terms that are regularly used to describe whether something is bad.

[@dexteradams6515]

"When they tossed an entire horse flank down his chimney" Sooo they appreciated his mickey and oops him into the afterlife.

[@writershard5065]

Sounds like a very human thing.

[@lofiz2646]

"Wait it's all odin?" "always has been"

[@ButIamAStick]

Odin to the Convert Norsemen: "You could not live with your own failure, where did that bring you? back to me"

[@cramerfloro5936]

Fun fact: Frau Gauden is believed by some scholars to just be genderbent Odin!

[@vermilionrubin]

@@cramerfloro5936 And he dare make fun of Loki for playing a milk maid for a while, heh

[@bernadettemontembault665]

"Suicide squad happened because of Odin" was not the take i was expecting today but i'm glad it's what i got

[@AngryHomunculus]

Odin whispers into Bruce Timm's ear the concept of Harley Quinn

[@pirateking56128]

Hey so I found out why frau berchta is really passionate about people not weaving during the winter. It's because in the winter it's dark and you could mess up your weaving. And the only way of making it not dark in those times was to use a candle so you know...fire and cotton. Basically she is really passionate about people not messing up her domain of craftsmanship.

[@bruhimtired1698]

Well I mean it's nice that she dosent want them messing up or burning their house.

[@miloisscared5324]

Fire safety is very important

[@Victoria-yk1zw]

In my area we have the story of Frau Percht, who will enter laundry that's been hung up to dry between Christmas and New Year and make in someone's burial clothes. So basically if you do laundry in that time she will come and kill someone of your family or yourself in the next year

[@pirateking56128]

@@Victoria-yk1zw I'd love to learn what the moral of that is. Don't do laundry during the transitory time between Christmas and the new year for what reason, you know?

[@Victoria-yk1zw]

@@pirateking56128 That's exactly the same question I've been asking myself for years now. My personal theory is that it relieved women from some of their duties during the holidays to give them a little freetime, but other than that I have no qualified answer.

[@Tea_N_Crumpets]

No one: Every one of Red’s “scary” characters: *dances cutely, but in a spooky way*

[@vow4621]

The word is "spoopy".

[@giloguy101]

Other Leaders not mentioned also Include: -Herne the Hunter -Fionn Mac Cumhail and most surprising of all, King Arthur

[@kziila0244]

I’m not too surprised by Mac Cumhail. But Arthur? The Camelot King? THAT is a surprise.

[@SuperAmaton]

I don't want to discredit you, but are you sure they are part of irl Lore and not just Fate/FGO/Type/YouKnowWhatIMean

[@kziila0244]

@@SuperAmaton No, I searched it up. Arthur apparently was a leader of the Wild Hunt. Most likely, the others are real as well, though I haven’t looked them up yet.

[@giloguy101]

​@@SuperAmaton I should say that the only credible literature source i found that outright states that Arthur was the leader is from Briggs Katherine's. "The Fairies in English Tradition and Literature. " (1967). though Multiple websites have all pointed to saying the same thing. It would seem that the legend of the hunt is modified to fit the time period, with French/ Brittany and English versions of the story taking on a more Fae approach to it

[@Takunoyume]

@@SuperAmaton please guy, stop thinking everything about mythological figure appearing in pop culture are base of cheap rip off or dumb interpretation of fgo and other type moon work. For your knowledge learn that a far less spooky interpretation of the british wild hunt have it led effectively by king Arthur but also Francis Drake and, that the two guys shall lead the wild hunt to save Britain from it greatest danger.

[@YiSangmyYiSang]

Hey! This what WildHunt Heathcliff is based on!

[@Alex_7899]

"Wait, it's all Odin?" "Always has been."

[@matthewstephenson5781]

It's odin or zeus, the question is did they fuck in the story

[@mettatonsagent7541]

Odin bein sus

[@oliviawilliams6204]

Odin is Toby!

[@yasquishyboi902]

“all roads lead to odin” YOU CANNOT ESCAPE HIM NO MATTER WHAT ROAD HES THERE STRAIGHT ROAD? NOPE HES THERE CURVING ROAD? ALSO THERE CROSS ROAD? ASIDE FROM JESUS TRYING TO HELP A LADY WITH A BROKEN CHARIOT HES ALSO THERE *ALL ROADS LEAD TO ODIN* ow my ears

[@Crusader-7382]

jesus is also odin but less cool and that lady with a broken chariot is odin after the mtf r34 community gets a hold of him

[@yasquishyboi902]

@@Crusader-7382 *oh orange no*

[@freyadraginda-burnett9781]

I'm also in this comment section

[@TheAchilles26]

@@Crusader-7382, the actual theory is that Baldur is Jesus

[@jmvicente820]

God during 2020: Ghost Tornadoes huh? yep adding that to December

[@changsiah2]

don't loss hope and no it will not

[@marcus4046]

*remember the video where the dogs dies* WHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[@PaizuruInsanal]

YVWH: Shit mortal that's sick, brb...

[@anonymousfellow8879]

Does wandering out in the middle of a ghost tornado count as student debt evasion?

[@blarg2429]

@@anonymousfellow8879 Debt-collectors have no souls and cannot perceive ghostly phenomena, so they probably won't realize.

[@asteriondeltoro124]

The boot of gold and Christmastime connection reminds me of an old story about St. Nicholas. Apparently, back when he was a bishop instead of a jolly fat man living at the north pole, he saved a tradesmen's daughter from hardship by anonymously throwing a bag of gold through her window. The bag landed in a freshly-washed stocking that had been drying over the fire, which is why we hang stockings on the fireplace at Christmas.

[@artcase8936]

The version I heard was that it was three daughters and therefore three bags of gold. The hardship was also more precise, as the tradesman couldn't afford to get his daughters married or support them he was at least considering selling them into slavery. St. Nicholas was also one of the Bishops who attended the Nicene council. While he was there he slapped Arius across the face.

[@Castersvarog]

I’m only finding this comment now, but there’s a lot of places in Europe where you keep your shoes near the door around Christmas time and get stuff like chocolate and treats. It’s a long tradition from my family we’ve been doing for years, so I can’t help but wonder if it was some old pagan tradition.

[@Sinsystems]

Count of Monte Cristo: "Wait and Hope" We will hold you to your promise red.

[@vanesachiossoni947]

We will...

[@marloyorkrodriguez9975]

If not revenge is best served cold

[@vanesachiossoni947]

but with our time taken.

[@MHArcadia]

I wouldn't Count on it if I were you. 'Eyoooo!

[@hellocentral5551]

Red: Starts describing the Wild Hunt Me... Ghost Riders in the Sky? Red: Mentions ghost rider. Me... Yay!

[@mitchellneu]

I thought the same thing

[@PropagandaDS]

I actually made a stand based on Ghost Riders in the Sky, @ me if you want the deets

[@desdinovaincarnate9703]

@@PropagandaDS I want deets

[@hellocentral5551]

@@PropagandaDS wait, like JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, because I made a stand off of Money for Nothing by Dire Straits.

[@Threeducksisperfect]

@@hellocentral5551 Dire Straits already has two characters named after them, being Dire and Straizo, and parts 7 and 8 already have stands that involve getting cursed with lots of money but I'm curious to see what your version is

[@brianroberts783]

"The Wild Hunt is often associated with howling winds." Geralt in The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt, "Wind's howling."

[@limlamthetimtam__1435]

I thought of this too and started scrolling through the comments to find this, this is perfection

[@vb6523]

I played it while watching this and he even said it at some point.

[@Bee-zr5pb]

I read that in Geralts voice

[@iputapipebombintoyourmailb6210]

winds howling

[@avidcollector869]

yep

[@peytonbaronne7336]

I like how being part of the Hunt is often framed as a punishment, but for me, and I'm sure others, it does seem like the perfect afterlife. Riding through the night on a wild hunt sounds perfect

[@my_girl_seraphine5294]

It’s pretty much an eternal road trip with all of your buddies, what’s not to love?

[@ChocoboProduction]

Being a german myself, my parents read "Frau Holle" to me when I was little and when I was about 9 years old I read it to my younger sister. Never once I thought that tale could have a connection to the Wild Hunt of all things. :D The things I learn on this channel...

[@li_ka2]

I'm not german but I had a lot of picture books based on the Grimm brothers, so I heard it too. In mine it's similar but the good girl just got all golden and sparkly. The bad girl got tar. Neither effects could ever be removed.

[@18Krieger]

I know that version too. There are probably a dozent regional variations.

[@Kilroyan]

thanks for that trip down memory lane! i read all of the grimm's tales as a child and loved how wild and strange they were. really need to pick up a copy again!

[@superj8502]

Getting out of golden clothes must be hard...

[@1112-m6p]

That's the version i read as a kid! Something about the frog thing seemed off but I thought i just forgot about it. I never knew there were different versions.

[@generallylevel-headed9671]

Me imagining ancient weather forecasters: Oh, this just in from the local oracle, a harvest moon is expected to be in the seventh house tonight. This raises the potential for ghost tornados to a high 70% this evening. We recommend everyone stay indoors and help any potential strangers who come knocking.

[@bingbozo6969]

Underrated comment, this made me laugh so hard

[@mme.veronica735]

Make sure to review your "tricks to best impossible challenges" manual this night

[@juke9674]

I remember my mom telling me about Frau Holle but thr most common version has the good girl walk through a gate back to earth which turns her dress into gold while the bad girl is covered in tar.

[@Celi-ys6jj]

Yeah, I also only knew that version with the tar before

[@twistedtachyon5877]

So, like... did they have to chisel her out of her dress, or what? Solid gold isn't especially flexible, as clothing goes.

[@ThatOneJawn]

Yup, this.

[@Celi-ys6jj]

@@twistedtachyon5877 i know a version where gold rained down on her and that had to be painful

[@ThatOneJawn]

@@twistedtachyon5877 Don't question the fairy tale dress. But if you'd really want to, we could say it was golden yarn (pure gold is a relatively soft metal). Or we could say it was just very thin layers of gold. In fact, you can even eat gold, if thin enough.

[@Sinclairemil]

Ohhh Round and Round we Goooo~