Herne the hunter

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Who is the ghost Herne the Hunter? How did he originate and when is he seen? Lisa Schneidau explores the legend of the Windsor spectre

Herne the Hunter flees with Mabel in this illustration by Cruikshank of William Harrison Ainsworth's novel "Windsor Castle."

Description Sometime a keeper here in Windsor Forest, Doth all the winter-time, at still midnight, Walk round about an oak, with great ragg'd horns; And there he blasts the tree, and takes the cattle, And makes milch-kine yield blood, and shakes a chain In a most hideous and dreadful manner. You have heard of such a spirit, and well you know The superstitious idle-headed eld Receiv'd, and did deliver to our age, This tale of Herne the Hunter for a truth. — William Shakespeare, The Merry…

Kurnous, also called Karnos,[3b] is the god of the hunt and wild places in the Elven Pantheon. All Elves venerate him, for he is the husband of Isha, goddess of nature and fertility, and the father of their race, but none do so more than the Wood Elves, who believe that it is only they that live the existence of which Kurnous would approve.[1a] Kurnous requires that a hunter never kills animals for sport, but slays only ravening beasts or those whose bounty of meat and hide are necessary for…

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'Herne the Hunter Herne the Hunter is a mysterious, ghostly figure in English folklore. He wears large deer antlers upon his head, rides a horse, torments cattle, and rattles chains. He is believed to haunt Windsor Forest and Great Park in the English county of Berkshire, near London. The earliest mention of Herne the Hunter comes from William Shakespeare's 1597 play, The Merry Wives of Windsor. But Shakespeare didn't invent the legend,... (Offa: Rise of the Englisc Warrior)