Editing Wild Hunt (section)

=== Literature ===
In [[J. R. R. Tolkien|J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Hobbit]]'', while traveling through Mirkwood, the dwarves and Bilbo encounter a deer running through the forest, which knocks Bombur into the enchanted river. After they pull him out, they hear far off the sound of a "great hunt" and the baying of dogs going past them.

In [[The Deluge (novel)|The Deluge]] (1886) by [[Henryk Sienkiewicz]], the motif of the Wild Hunt appears, as a hellish procession of Teutonic knights rushing through the night sky, heralding war and extraordinary disasters.

The description of the Wild Hunt also appears in the drama [[The Wedding (1901 play)|Wesele (The Wedding)]], by [[Stanisław Wyspiański]]. It is described as a race of large knights across the night sky at great speed.

The hunt plays an important role in four of [[Jim Butcher]]'s [[The Dresden Files|Dresden Files]] novels: (2005 ''[[Dead Beat (The Dresden Files)|Dead Beat]]'', 2006 ''[[Proven Guilty (The Dresden Files)|Proven Guilty]]'', 2012 ''[[Cold Days (The Dresden Files)|Cold Days]]'' and 2020 ''[[Battle Ground (The Dresden Files)|Battle Ground]]''), In Butcher's cosmos, Santa Claus and Odin are the same being. He shares leadership of the hunt with the Goblin King.

Αustralian writer [[Tim Winton]]'s ''[[The Riders]] (1994),'' which was shortlisted for the 1995 [[Booker Prize]], mentions a vision of the Wild Hunt that becomes the basis for the main character's own 'wild hunt' of the story.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Fiction of Tim Winton: Earthed and Sacred|page=42|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZlsUDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA42|isbn=9781743325032|last1=McCredden|first1=Lyn|date=2017-02-08|publisher=Sydney University Press }}</ref>

The Wild Hunt features in ''[[The Witcher]]'' series of fantasy novels by [[Andrzej Sapkowski]], published in English between 2007 and 2018.

The Wild Hunt also features as a fey phenomenon in Larry Correa's "[[Monster Hunter International]]" series in Siege, published in 2017.

The Wild Hunt has appeared in various publications,{{sfnm|1a1=Greenwood|1y=2008|1p=216|2a1=Bramwell|2y=2009|2p=42}} among them [[Alan Garner]]'s 1963 novel ''[[The Moon of Gomrath]]'',{{sfnm|1a1=Greenwood|1y=2008|1p=216|2a1=Bramwell|2y=2009|2p=42}} [[Uladzimir Karatkievich]]'s ''[[King Stakh's Wild Hunt]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=King Stakh's Wild Hunt |url=https://glagoslav.com/shop/king-stakhs-wild-hunt-by-uladzimir-karatkevich/}}</ref> [[Penelope Lively]]'s 1971 ''The Wild Hunt of Hagworthy'',{{sfn|Bramwell|2009|p=42}} [[Susan Cooper]]'s 1973 ''[[The Dark is Rising]]'',{{sfn|Bramwell|2009|p=42}} [[Diana Wynne Jones]]' 1975 ''Dogsbody'',{{sfn|Bramwell|2009|p=42}} [[Brian Bates (psychologist)|Brian Bates]]' 1983 ''[[The Way of Wyrd]]'',{{sfn|Greenwood|2008|p=216}} [[Guy Gavriel Kay]]'s [[Fionavar]] trilogy (1984–1986), the third issue of [[Seanan McGuire]]'s series [[October Daye]], ''An Artificial Night,'' [[Fred Vargas]]'s 2011 ''The Ghost Riders of Ordebec'', [[Laurell K. Hamilton]]’s book ''[[Mistral's Kiss]] (2006)'' and [[Jane Yolen]]'s 1995 ''The Wild Hunt''.{{sfn|Bramwell|2009|p=50}} It also features in [[Cassandra Clare]]'s book series, [[The Mortal Instruments|The Mortal instruments]] (2007-2014) and ''[[The Dark Artifices]] (2016-2018)'', led by [[Gwyn ap Nudd]].{{sfn|Bramwell|2009|p=51}} The ''[[Wicked Lovely]]'' series (2007-2013) by [[Melissa Marr]] contains a modern Wild Hunt. It is also a major plot point in [[Peter S. Beagle]]'s ''Tamsin''. The Wild Hunt is a primary element of [[R. S. Belcher]]'s novel ''[[The Brotherhood of the Wheel]]'' and [[Raymond E. Feist]]'s 1988 novel ''[[Faerie Tale]]''. The Wild Hunt is also an important plot point in the Gilded Duology by [[Marissa Meyer]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gilded |date=26 February 2021 |url=https://www.marissameyer.com/gilded/}}</ref>
In Clive Barker's novel ''Coldheart Canyon'', the story is centered around a bizarre version of The Wild Hunt. Also in Sharyn McCrummb's novel ''GhostRiders'', The Wild Hunt is depicted by Civil War soldiers who are constantly reliving the war.

In [[Lucy Hounsom|Lucy Holland’s]] 2024 historical fantasy novel ''Song of the Huntress'', the Wild Hunt appears with a gender-swapped version of mythical Britonic [[Herla|King Herla]] as its leader, who has been tricked into taking on that role by [[Gwyn ap Nudd]], king of the [[Celtic Otherworld|Otherworld]].