Herne the Hunter

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English folklore folklore character ghost huntsman legendary figure

Herne the Hunter is a ghostly antlered huntsman from English folklore, said to haunt Windsor Forest as a spectral leader of the hunt.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English folklore ⓘ
folklore character ⓘ
ghost ⓘ
huntsman ⓘ
legendary figure ⓘ
associatedWith English royal forests ⓘ
Windsor Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Windsor Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ
Windsor Great Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
betrayal ⓘ
curses ⓘ
death ⓘ
hanging ⓘ
howling hounds ⓘ
oak trees ⓘ
restless spirits ⓘ
royal hunting traditions ⓘ
storms ⓘ
suicide ⓘ
supernatural hunts ⓘ
the Wild Hunt NERFINISHED ⓘ
the afterlife ⓘ
winter nights ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
culturalOrigin Berkshire folklore ⓘ
describedAs antlered huntsman ⓘ
ghostly huntsman ⓘ
spectral leader of the hunt ⓘ
firstAttestedIn 16th century ⓘ
hasCompanions ghostly riders ⓘ
spectral hounds ⓘ
hasDomain English folklore ⓘ
hasMotif cursed huntsman ⓘ
ghost bound to a forest ⓘ
horned or antlered deity ⓘ
haunts Windsor Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ
Windsor Great Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced contemporary pagan imagery ⓘ
modern depictions of the Wild Hunt in Britain ⓘ
modern fantasy literature ⓘ
television adaptations of English folklore ⓘ
leads the Wild Hunt NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedBy William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn The Merry Wives of Windsor NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInWork supernatural figure in The Merry Wives of Windsor ⓘ
sometimesIdentifiedWith the Horned God archetype ⓘ
sometimesLinkedTo Cernunnos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Herla King NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriodOfOrigin late Middle Ages ⓘ
wears antlers ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

the Wild Hunt → leader → Herne the Hunter ⓘ
subject surface form: Wild Hunt