My Encounter with the Wild Hunt

Dec 13

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A powerful account of an encounter with the Wild Hunt.

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When I was a young adult living in Connecticut (US), I had an experience that shook me. I was in a park that overlooked the Housatonic River in late November. When the sun was setting, I walked back to my car. Suddenly the wind picked up, and the clouds boiled over in swirling blacks and reds. Loud barking and blasts from hunting horns assaulted my ears. As the hair on my arms stood up, I felt the temperature drop.

I fell to the ground, and just laid there cowering with my hands over my head. As blackness enveloped the park, the air grew heavy. The din became deafening as shadows flew over and around me. I continue to lay there, shaking uncontrollably.

Then complete silence. Softly the moon emerged in the clearing sky. In a daze, I got up, dashed to my car, and sped home. Arriving, I went immediately…

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Galina Krasskova has been a Heathen priest since 1995. She holds a Masters in Religious Studies (2009), a Masters in Medieval Studies (2019), has done extensive graduate work in Classics including teaching Latin, Roman History, and Greek and Roman Literature for the better part of a decade, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Theology. She is the managing editor of Walking the Worlds journal and has written over thirty books on Heathenry and Polytheism including "A Modern Guide to Heathenry" and "He is Frenzy: Collected Writings about Odin." In addition to her religious work, she is an accomplished artist who has shown all over the world and she currently runs a prayer card project available at wyrdcuriosities.etsy.com.

Posted on December 13, 2020, in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. 6 Comments.

  1. Chas S. Clifton | December 13, 2020 at 9:48 PM

    I have not heard such a story on this side of the pond before.

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  2. neptunesdolphins | December 14, 2020 at 10:42 AM

    Thanks.

    As for the Wild Hunt in North America, it does exist, but in a different form. Ghost Riders in the Sky is one form – cowboys chasing the Devil’s herd, and warning others not to sin.

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