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		Herne is said to have been a huntsman in the employ of King Richard II (reign 1377-1399) in and around Windsor Forest.
		Herne the Hunter appears in Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising sequence where he plays a key part in the ends of the book by the same name and the series' ending Silver on the Tree.
		Herne the Hunter is one of the main antagonists in C.E. Murphy's Urban Shaman
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	Herne the Hunter
		Herne had two large fl hounds and was hated by the other keepers because of his great skill.
		Herne, was thrown so low at the loss of his skill that he found a mighty oak and hanged himself from it.
		Herne seems to have caught the national imagination because other stories about him from various times in the past describe him as having red eyes and an owl on his shoulder.
	www.afallon.com /stories/herne.htm (703 words)

	Herne the Hunter
		Connection is sometimes made between the Wild Hunt and the legend of Herne the Hunter, a forest keeper of either Richard II or Henry VIII's time who was charged with poaching and witchcraft, and hung upon an oak in Windsor Forest.
		An appearance of Herne the Hunter in Windsor Forest is followed by tragedy or disaster, often of national importance.
		Herne and his pack were considered as erotic and sometimes brutal men, embodying the frightening aspects and wildness of the forests at a time when they were much larger than today and considered to host the pagan spirits that were chased away by the Church.
	www.deardeath.com /herne_the_hunter.htm (274 words)

	Herne
		Herne obviously belongs to the large community of spectral hunters.
		In Germany, such as hunter was known in the Black Forest, and there was one in the French Fontainebleau (identified with St. Hubert).
		Article "Herne" created on 30 July 1997; last modified on 30 July 1997 (Revision 1).
	www.pantheon.org /articles/h/herne.html (75 words)

	Herne the Hunter
		Herne, was thrown so low at the loss of his skill that he found a mighty oak and hanged himself from it.
		Herne’s Oak was treated with some reverence and on 31 August 1868 it fell to the ground.
		Herne seems to have caught the national imagination because other stories about him from various times in the past describe him as having red eyes and an owl on his shoulder.
	www.ghoststories.org.uk /stories/herne.htm (703 words)

	Herne the Hunter
		Poor Herne rode off demented into Home park, and was last seen by a pedlar later that same day hanging from an oak tree, but by the time he returned with the other keepers the body had mysteriously vanished.
		When challenged Herne said that he rode for vengeance, and promised to haunt no more during the king's reign on condition that he hung the other keepers from the very oak where he died.
		Herne, however, continued to haunt the park as ever, and there were even stories of how, on a dark and stormy night, the ghost of the actual tree itself could be seen, haunting the spot where it was felled.
	www.lugodoc.demon.co.uk /HERNE.HTM (1776 words)

	Encyclopedia: Herne the Hunter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		This area was settled by pagan Anglo-Saxons who worshiped different gods of the Wild Hunt such as Woden, so a Celtic survival is unlikely especially as it did not occur anywhere else in England or Wales and as Cernunnos only seems to have been worshiped in Gaul.
		Janet and Stewart Farrar, in "The Witches' God," claim that the name Herne is Onomatopoetic for the call of a doe to a stag.
		Herne the Hunted is a parody of Herne the Hunter in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Herne-the-Hunter (1277 words)

	Norse Mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In Celtic mythology, Gwyn ap Nudd is the lord of the underworld and master of the wild hunt.
		In English folklore, Herne The Hunter is the spirit of a hunter which guards travellers through Windsor Great Park.
		Herne was prominent in the tales of Robin Hood, although Windsor Great Park is nowhere near Sherwood Forest.
	www7.informatik.uni-erlangen.de /tree/IMMD-VII/Probert_Encyclopaedia/d3.htm (817 words)

	Herne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Herne is the name of a city in Germany and a municipality in Belgium:
		Herne is also a village in Kent, England, near the town of Herne Bay
		Herne the Hunter an English mythological figure who has some similarities to Cernunnos (the Horned One).
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Herne (109 words)

	The Merry Wives of Windsor: Herne the Hunter
		The Merry Wives of Windsor: Herne the Hunter
		The character and legend of Herne the Hunter were definitely familiar to the Elizabethans, and antiquarian research has demonstrated the exactness of Shakespeare’s knowledge of Old Windsor.
		It would seem that there existed in Shakespeare’s day a tradition at Windsor that Herne was one of the keepers of the park, who, having committed an offense for which he feared to be disgraced, hung himself upon an oak, which was ever afterwards haunted by his ghost: thus Herne’s Oak.
	www.bard.org /education/resources/shakespeare/wivesherne.html (255 words)

	Mystical World Wide Web - Herne the Hunter
		'Herne' was one of the keepers of the 'Forest of Windsor' in the reign of 'King Richard II' and known for his great hunting and woodcraft skills.
		Unbeknown to the king the other hunters were later in contact with Urswick and told him of their loathing for the favoured keeper announcing that they were disappointed that he had not died in the incident.
		Herne listened and said that if the king wished him to leave the forest, taking his power with him, the king would have to agree to a request.
	www.mystical-www.co.uk /herne.htm (818 words)

	Berkshire History: Herne the Hunter, Part 1
		Herne loved his job and considered himself a lucky man to be able to earn his living at what he liked doing best.
		Herne’s ghost emerged from beneath the foliage to explain to the confused monarch what he must do to restock his hunting ground.
		Herne’s ghost was never seen again in the reign of King Richard until the day of his murder in Pontefract Castle on the orders of his successor, Henry IV.
	www.berkshirehistory.com /legends/herne01.html (2161 words)

	Wicca: For the Rest of Us - Cernunnos
		The cycle of hunter and hunted of course intimately revolves around death and life from death.
		As Herne the Hunter, generally considered to be the British Celtic version the same figure, he is the leader of the Wild Hunt.
		Herne is a wildwood entity complete with stag horns that helps shelter and direct the forest-dwelling Merry Men again the oppressive King John and his cohort, the Sheriff of Nottingham.
	wicca.timerift.net /gods/cernunnos.html (431 words)

	Spectral Wild Hunts and a Cruel Huntsman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Herne was a royal of huntsman of either Henry VII, Henry VII or Richard II, according to lore.
		While the king and Herne were hunting, the huntsman saved the monarch from death by placing himself between the king and a wounded stag who mortally wounded him.
		Herne was distraught and hung himself in the forest.
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	Legends of Britain: Herne the Hunter
		Herne was the favourite huntsman of Richard the Second.
		Mortally wounded while saving his master from a stag at bay, he was miraculously cured by a stranger, who tied the antlers of a dead stag to the dying man's brow.
		Crazed by the loss of that skill in the craft he loved, Herne fled to the forest, where a pedlar found his horned corpse hanging from an oak.
	www.britannia.com /history/legend/collection/legcol17.html (121 words)

	White Hunter by Brian Herne, 0805059199, Lowest Book Price Finder
		White Hunters is a nostalgic and densely-packed history of these men and their adventures, from the turn of the century until the 1970s when politics, a growing population, civil strife and concern about species destruction intervened.
		Herne has written a virtual and anecdotal Who's Who of White Hunters, crammed with the details of hundreds of hunts and the dozens of men who led them.
		Brian Herne, a true member of the East African Hunting Community, is in the enviable position of being able to bring his readers an accurate, and in many cases a first-hand history of the Golden Age of Safari.
	www.bookfinder4u.co.uk /book_detail/0805059199 (472 words)

	Herne the Hunter - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		In English mythology, Herne the Hunter is a ghost or monster associated with Windsor Great Park.
		Herne is a local legend not found outside Berkshire.
		This area was settled by pagan Anglo Saxon who worshiped different gods of the Wild Hunt such as Woden, so a Celtic survival is unlikely especially as it did not occur anywhere else in England or Wales and as Cernunnos only seems to have been worshiped in Gaul.
	www.music.us /education/H/Herne-the-Hunter.htm (664 words)

	HERNE THE HUNTER - Online Information article about HERNE THE HUNTER
		HERNE THE HUNTER - Online Information article about HERNE THE HUNTER
		Mention is made of Herne in The Merry Wives of Windsor and in See also:
		Nothing definite is known of the Herne See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /HEG_HIG/HERNE_THE_HUNTER.html (283 words)

	Eric Fitch, In Search of Herne the Hunter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		An everlasting legend of Herne the Hunter has been connected with Windsor Forest for at least four centuries, and may quite possibly have been part of the local traditional lore in medieval times.
		It concerns the spectre of a man named Herne who is said to have been one of the keepers of the Forest during his lifetime.
		In Search of Herne the Hunter is a slim volume, barely 160 pages long, but it does a more than adequate job of documenting the Windsor Forest version of the Herne the Hunter legend.
	www.greenmanreview.com /hernethehunter.html (912 words)

	Celtic London: evidence of worship of the Horned God (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		I believe that that worship of Herne was a strong religious practice among the early Celts of this area of South East London in pre-christian times (England was declared a Christian country under the Saxon Kings in 665AD).
		According to Eric L Fitch, writing In Search of Herne the Hunter (Capell Bann, Berkshire, England, 1994, p161), the last time it was reported seen was by a soldier guarding Windsor Castle in 1976.
		In their view, it is probable that Herne the Hunter was once worshiped on the island, and his "presence" still lingers there.
	www.fantompowa.net /Flame/herne_the_hunter.htm (3218 words)

	Haunted Windsor. Ghosts of Windsor Castle. Herne The Hunter. (London Walks)
		And despite this being the earliest written reference we have to the legend of Herne the Hunter, it is probable that Shakespeare was drawing on a much older local tradition, the origins of which lay with the Norse god, Odin and of the horned Celtic deity, Cernunnos.
		The living Herne, according to legend, was a huntsman during the reign of Richard 11 (1377 –1399) who saved the King from being mauled by a stag by throwing himself into the beast’s path.
		And Herne himself, was said to appear hanging from the branches of his oak, until that is, it was cut down during the reign of George 111.
	www.london-walks.co.uk /52/haunted-windsor-ghosts-of.shtml (2804 words)

	In Search Of Herne The Hunter by Eric L. Fitch
		Commences with an introduction to Herne's story, the oak on which Herne hanged himself & its significance in history & mythology.
		Goes on to investigate antlers & their symbology in prehistoric religions, with a study of the horned god Cernunnos, the Wild Hunt & its associations with Woden, Herne & the Christian devil & a descriptive chapter on the tradition of dressing up as animals & the wearing & use of antlers in particular.
		Herne's suicide & its connection with Woden & prehistoric sacrifice is covered, together with the most complete collection of Herne's appearances, plus an investigation into the nature of his hauntings.
	www.insight-books.com /WCCA/1898307237.html (149 words)

	Pyramid: Suppressed Transmission: A-Hunting He Will Go: Herne the Huntsman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Merry Wives of Windsor was first performed at Windsor (on the illuminated date of May 23, 1597) before the Queen and her court, and Shakespeare filled this "made to order" sequel with authentic local lore for the authentic local lords.
		Elsewhere in the play we read that Herne's Oak lies hard by a Fairy Pit, another local landmark within Windsor Forest that shows up on maps (though not always labeled as such) down to the 18th century.
		Herne's Oak was, in fact, a specific oak widely regarded as haunted and somehow tied to the English throne (being, after all, in the forest of Windsor Castle).
	www.sjgames.com /pyramid/sample.html?id=4636 (372 words)

	Windsor Castle Delights - The Gold Scales
		It is said that Herne the Hunter walks at nightfall and scares all those who cross his path, if he does not injure them.
		That was the tree connected with the legend of Herne the Hunter.
		The duke shot very well, and never missed the bulls-eye; but the keeper of the forest was even better: three times he split the duke's shafts as they stuck in the mark.
	oaks.nvg.org /se5ra1.html (3310 words)

	[ELFWOOD] SF&F Art / Dennis Mitchell / 'Herne the Hunter' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		I mean I've seen the comic deer hunting deer hunters, but this doesn't look like one of those.
		Herne the Hunter is an ancient British pagan god, also known as Cernnunos, Cerne meaning 'horned'.
		The deer as the hunter of deer paradox symbolises the fragile relationship between predator and prey and having respect for your prey and giving back what you take, and all being equal in the big shceme of things...I think.
	elfwood.lysator.liu.se /art/d/e/demit/hernesm.jpg.html (724 words)

	The Wild Hunt/Herne the Hunter - www.ezboard.com
		Please excuse my ignorance on this subject, but I am curious to know if Herne is analagous to other great hunters (the names Nimrod, Jaeger and Orion spring to mind).
		Not a book, but Herne the Hunter appears in the 80's UK tv series Robin of Sherwod.
		There are lots of other mythologies throughout the series, including Albion (Robin's magical sword - which has ancient runes that proclaim; "Herne's Son is my Master, I cannot slay him") In the series, the sword was one of eight forged by Wayland the Smith, "forged with the powers of light and darkness".
	www.surlalunefairytales.com /boardarchives/2003/sep2003/wildhunt.html (792 words)

	Bronze Sculptures from Garden of England Sculpture
		The centuries' old legend of Herne the Hunter, said to have been King Richard II's favourite keeper, tells of him being badly gored by a stag while protecting the King, hunting in Windsor Great Park.
		Although mortally wounded, Herne was saved from death by the appearance of a mysterious wizard, Phillip Urswick, who cut off the stag's antlers and tied them to Herne's head.
		Because Herne's skills of hunting and woodcraft deserted him after this encounter, he was dismissed by the King.
	www.bronze-sculptures.co.uk /herne.shtml (221 words)

	Herne ancestry
		James A Herne - Daughter Julie Herne writer b 31 Oct 1881 d 24 Feb 1955 Irish Ancestry Author of books Art for Truth apos s Sake essay 1897 Wrote plays Within an Inch of his Life 1879 with David Belasco
		Norris Family of Herne Bay - Norris Family of Herne Bay Home Direct Line Family Tree Useful Links Contact Ancestry com a subscription site which claims to be the largest collection of family
		Ancestry of the Duchess of Cornwall - The ancestry of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner 427 Philadelphia Herne bapt St Michael apos s Bassishaw 12 April 1700 428 Robert Harland Capt
	www.museumstuff.com /family-history/names/Herne.php (304 words)

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