Today is "Waldmännchentag", Day fo the Bugbear, in parts of Germany and Berchtoldstag in Switzerland. Traditionally an unlucky day, one of the "Rauhnächte" (the "Bleak Nights"), the darker continental variant of the Twelve Nights, when the Wild Hunt rides.
#FolkloreThursday English-speaking countries preserved more gentle traditions like wassailing and pantomimes, Central European customs hint at things older and darker. Rauhnächte are nights when the Wild Hunt rides, sometimes not led by Odin himself but the goddess Perchta.
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