* Herne the Hunter

Gwyn is often associated with the Wild Hunt, in a role akin to Woden or Herne the Hunter.

* Herne the Hunter, an English mythological figure said to haunt Windsor Forest

They tell Falstaff to dress as " Herne, the Hunter " and meet them by an old oak tree in Windsor Forest ( now part of Windsor Great Park ).

He is also assisted by Herne the Hunter ( John Abineri ).

* Herne the Hunter ( John Abineri ) A shamanic figure who often incarnates a forest spirit representing the powers of light and goodness, inspiring and protecting the Hooded Man.

Some folk figures are based on semi or actual historical people whose story has been passed down centuries ; Lady Godiva for instance was said to have ridden naked on horseback through Coventry, the heroic English figure Hereward the Wake resisted the Norman invasion, Herne the Hunter is an equestrian ghost associated with Windsor Forest and Great Park, and Mother Shipton is the archetypal witch.

In English folklore, Herne the Hunter is a ghost associated with Windsor Forest and Great Park in the English county of Berkshire.

For such an iconic figure, there is surprisingly little written evidence for Herne the Hunter before the 1840s.

Shakespeare as the earliest source merely describes Herne the Hunter as “ a spirit ” and “ sometime a keeper … in Windsor forest ” who is seen to “ walk round about an oak, with great ragg ’ d horns ” at midnight during winter-time.

William Ainsworth ’ s romantic novel Windsor Castle ( novel ) which began serialisation in 1842 contains a fictionalised account of the origins of Herne the Hunter set during the reign of Richard II.

: This tale of Herne the Hunter for a truth.

* Arrigo Boito, composing a libretto for Verdi's opera Falstaff by improvising upon materials in Merry Wives and Henry IV, built the moonlit last act set in Windsor Great Park around a prank revenge played upon the amorous Falstaff by masqueraders disguised as spirits and the spectral " Black Huntsman ", in whom Herne the Hunter is recognizable.

* Ralph Vaughan Williams ' opera Sir John in Love, an adaptation of Shakespeare's Merry wives, feature an impersonation of Herne the Hunter to misguide Falstaff.

*" The Legend of Herne the Hunter " was part of Sir Arthur Sullivan's ballet Victoria and Merrie England of 1897, which portrayed various scenes from British folklore and history.

* One of the earliest recordings by British progressive rock band Marillion is an instrumental song titled " Herne the Hunter " based on the legend.

* Herne the Hunter features in the lyrics of the song " English Fire " by Cradle of Filth on their album Nymphetamine.

* In 2011 the pagan metal band Herne released an album called Face of the Hunter, " inspired by the 1980s TV series ' Robin of Sherwood '"; the album introduction describes the famous falling whole tone motif that occurs in each episode.

* Herne the Hunter appears in Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising sequence where he plays a key part in the end of the book by the same name and the series ' ending Silver on the Tree.

* Herne the Hunted is a parody of Herne the Hunter in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.

* Herne the Hunter is a key figure in Ruth Nichols ' children's novel The Marrow of the World.

* English Poet Laureate John Masefield included Herne the Hunter as a benevolent ' spirit of the woodlands ' in his children's book The Box of Delights.

* Herne the Hunter appears as a supporting character in Simon Green's Nightside series.

* Herne the Hunter is one of the main antagonists in C. E. Murphy's Urban Shaman.

In this neopagan concept, the god is also referred to as Bran, a Welsh mythological figure, Wayland, the smith in Germanic mythology, and Herne, a horned figure from English folklore.

* Hampton-on-Sea, England – A drowned and abandoned village in what is now the Hampton area of Herne Bay, Kent.

Canterbury, along with Whitstable and Herne Bay, is in the City of Canterbury local government district.

The coastal towns of Herne Bay and Whitstable are to the north, and Faversham is to the northwest.

). The typical off-peak service is four trains an hour northbound to London Victoria ( via Herne Hill and Brixton ) and four trains an hour southbound to Orpington ( via Bromley South ).

Herne () is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium.

It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.

* At the city's border with Herne -( Röhlinghausen ), is the former mine Zeche Hannover with the Malakow Tower and engine hall.

There is a single underground Stadtbahn line connecting the University of Bochum to Herne, and several lines, partially underground, connecting to Gelsenkirchen and Witten.

Herne () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Herne, Germany is twinned with:

* There is a statue to Wallis in Herne Bay, Kent just a short distance from Reculver where his bouncing bomb was tested.

The second largest is the Cranger Kirmes in Herne in the eastern part of the Ruhr Area.

At Half Moon Lane it then works its way back towards Herne Hill railway station where it is joined by another tributary that flows through Leigham Vale, Tulse Hill and Brockwell Park.

From Dulwich it follows the line of the northern edge of Brockwell Park in Herne Hill and is joined by another tributary near Brixton's Effra Road, whose source is in the park, and thence flows under Brixton's Coldharbour Lane towards the Police Station at Brixton Road.

Herne Bay is a seaside town in Kent, South East England, with a population of 35, 188.

It neighbours the ancient villages of Herne and Reculver and is part of the City of Canterbury local government district.

Herne Bay's seafront is home to the world's first freestanding purpose-built clock tower, built in 1837 ; until 1978, the town had the second-longest pier in the United Kingdom.

One of the oldest buildings in Herne Bay is the late 18th-century inn, The Ship, which served as the focal point for the small shipping and farming community which first inhabited the town.