Phantom Armies of the Night: The Wild Hunt and the Ghostly Processions of the Undead

“Once we have set foot upon the shores of folk mythology, we must remain conscious that its banks are shifting and ever changing – and are deceptive, because the accounts are never firsthand.” So begins Claude Lecouteux’s fascinating exploration of the phenomenon known as “the Wild Hunt,” a ghastly nightly procession of demons, witches, the undead, and all other manner of supernatural beings. Bringing a scholar’s eye for analysis to a centuries-old phenomenon, Lecouteux seeks to unravel various source material to get at the heart of the mythology: why has this myth endured for centuries, and why is it important?.