King Herla
deity single tradition · 1
King Herla is considered a modernisation of an Old English form reconstructed as *Her(e)la Cyning. He is a figure that usually has been identified with Woden in his guise as leader of the Germanic Wild Hunt.
Relationships
- syncretized with
- Wōden
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“King Herla is a modernisation of an Old English form reconstructed as *Her(e)la Cyning, a figure that usually has been identified with Woden in his guise as leader of the Germanic Wild Hunt and thus the name is thought to be related to the French Harlequin”
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