Painting, National Museum of Norway, Oslo, Norway

The Wild Hunt of Odin, or Asgardsreien, detail, oil painting on canvas, 1872, by Peter Nicolai Arbo, 1831-1892, in the National Museum of Norway or Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo, Norway. The painting depicts the Wild Hunt from Norse folklore, based on a poem by Johan Sebastian Welhaven. The Wild Hunt is a procession of horsemen hunters across the sky in winter, led by Odin, in which people disappear. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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The Wild Hunt of Odin, or Asgardsreien, detail, oil painting on canvas, 1872, by Peter Nicolai Arbo, 1831-1892, in the National Museum of Norway or Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo, Norway. The painting depicts the Wild Hunt from Norse folklore, based on a poem by Johan Sebastian Welhaven. The Wild Hunt is a procession of horsemen hunters across the sky in winter, led by Odin, in which people disappear. Picture by Manuel Cohen