The Wild Hunt: Symbolisms, Meanings, and Folklore (Part 4)
Part 4: Krampus, Perchtenlauf, Warrior Initiations, Werewolf and Other Shamanic Symbolisms by Sean Jobst 4 January 2022 "Die Wilde Jagd" (1856-1857) by the German landscape painter Johann Wilhelm Cordes After nearly a year, I resume my Wild Hunt series which generally ties in with other themes of folklore, mythology, and spirituality. I ended Part 3 with some insights from Carl Jung on the Wild Hunt and fairy-tales like the Pied-Piper of Hamelin as allegories for "ecstasy" and "going berserk" that connected to Wotan. He connected that fairy-tale to Wotan as the "unleasher of frenzy and passions" ( Entfeßler von Rausch und Leidenschaften ), whose "essence is ecstasy" ( Sein Wesen ist Ekstase )(Jung, 75). We now know from anthropologists and folklorists that fairy tales have ancient origins going back thousands of years, so its only natural they preserve those traditions. Such is the Wild Hunt, whose furious sounds and supernat