Question
In the Balkans, people who witness these events are scarred with horseshoe-shaped wounds healed through prayer. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these ghastly processions led by figures like Wodan, Holda, or Berchta and which explain howling wind in Germanic myths.
ANSWER: The Wild Hunt [accept Wild Army or Raging Army; accept Wilde-Jagd]
[10e] The Wild Hunt is similar to stories of St. Nicholas traveling with creatures like this horned demon, who beats the naughty with a bundle of sticks on his namesake Alpine “Night.”
ANSWER: Krampus [accept Krampus Night or Krampusnacht or Krampuslauf]
[10h] Stories of the Wild Hunt inspired this Québécois folk tale in which a group of lumberjacks and other voyageurs make a deal with the Devil to fly home for New Year’s celebrations.
ANSWER: La Chasse-galerie (“SHAHSS-gah-luh-REE”) [accept the Bewitched Canoe or the Flying Canoe; prompt on the Canoe or the Wild Hunt Bewitched]
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