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1->There often by him he would see,\
2when noon was hot on leaf and tree,\
3the king of Faerie with his rout\
4came hunting in the woods about,\
5with blowing far and crying dim,\
6and barking hounds that were with him;\
7yet never a beast they took nor slew,\
8and where they went he never knew.
9-->--from '''''Sir Orfeo''''', as translated by [[Creator/JRRTolkien J. R. R. Tolkien]]
10
11->''Join, hide, or die. That's all you can do when the Wild Hunt comes to call.''
12-->--'''Harry''', ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''
13
14->''Join, hide, or die. Those are your options when the Wild Hunt comes for you..'' [[spoiler:''Well tonight, the Hunt is joining'' [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership me]]]].
15-->--'''Harry''', ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' (when the Hunt catches up with him)
16
17-> "Riders of the Hunt," I called out. All fifty of them turned to me as one with unatural smoothness.
18-> "Follow," I laughed. "Tonight we ride."
19-> (...) Banners were raised, not of silk or cloth but crow's feathers and shadow. Shining coldly like a raven's eye. A fae with hair like spun gold touched the horn to her lips and doom screamed across the night.
20-->-- ''Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil''
21
22->''An old cowboy went riding out one dark and windy day,\
23Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way,\
24When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw,\
25Plowin' through the ragged skies and up the cloudy draw.\
26Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel;\
27Their horns were black and shiny and their hot breath he could feel\
28A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky,\
29He saw the riders come in hard, and he heard their mournful cry:\
30Yippie-yi-yo! Yippie-yi-yay!\
31Ghost riders in the sky...''
32-->'''Ghost Riders in the Sky''', ''Music/JohnnyCash''
33
34->'''WILD HUNT.''' This crosses the paths of Tourists scarily at unpredictable intervals, often through the sky and nearly always at night. It is very ''numinous'' (OMT) and also ''doom-laden'' (OMT). Otherwise no one knows quite what to make of it. Normally all that can be distinguished of it is the barking of many hounds, the galloping of many HORSES, and the one rider, horned and masked, at its head. Possibly none of it is fully within the control of the Management, since its appearances often occur arbitrarily, and perfectly well-conducted Tourists who witness it tend thereafter to become ''numinous'' and ''doom-laden'' themselves.
35-->--''Literature/TheToughGuideToFantasyland''

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