Wild Hunt playlist

For some of these, I posted embedded YouTube links during the twelve days of high Yule, so that my readers would be able to play them right here without having to go searching for them.  (Sometimes it was a challenge to find a suitable version to link to, and in certain cases, this was why a song was not featured.)  In any case, I did promise to post the entire list, and here it is:

1. Christmas Eve in Sarejevo, Manheim Steamroller
2. Don’t Fear the Reaper, Blue Oyster Cult
3. Furious Angels, Rob Dougan
4. Ride of the Valkyries, Wagner
5. Gingerbread Coffin, Rasputina
6. Hunter’s Kiss, Rasputina
7. Goodnight Moon, Shivaree (This conjures up the jumpy, paranoid, thin-veil feeling of Yule very effectively, for me.)
8. The Sickness, Disturbed
9. Riders on the Storm, The Doors
10. Odin’s Song, Karl Donaldsson
11. Pursuit, Icon of Coyle
12. Hollow Hills, Bauhaus
13. When the Falcon Flies,  Hagalaz Runedance
14. Zeit nach dem Sturm, by Faun
15. Hagal,  Wardruna
16. Joupolle Joutunut,  Hedningarna
17. Wo die Wilden Kerle wohnen by Allerseelen (I couldn’t find a version of this to post, but it’s an awesome song for Frau Holle,  very evocative of Her.)
18. Woodpecker from Mars, Faith No More
19. Nachts: night weaving silently through the woods,  Joachim Raff
20. Christmas Mourning, October Rust
21. Hunter, Bjork

A few of the above were suggested by my friend Dver, who compiled her own list in preparation for our Wild Hunt mumming.  I’m sure my list will continue to evolve in years to come, as I continue to explore the Hunt mysteries.

And now we head towards Candlemas.  I hope your Yule was productive, enchanting, and revealing!

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