Herne the Hunter: Myth, Legend, and Devotion to the Horned God - Paperback

by Rowan Hunter (Author), Fio Gede Parma (Foreword by)

Mysterious, ancient, and haunting the edge of English folklore, Herne the Hunter has captured imaginations for centuries. From his first literary appearance in Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor to his emergence as a horned god in modern Paganism, Herne remains an elusive and powerful figure.

In Herne the Hunter: Myth, Legend, and Devotion to the Horned God, author Rowan Hunter traces the arc of Herne's legend across historical roots and literary mentions to his living presence in contemporary spirituality. Drawing on foundational folklore scholarship and years of personal devotional practice, Hunter invites readers into a relationship with Herne not just as myth but also as god.

For witches, Druids, polytheists, and all who are called to the beating of Herne's hooves, come into the forest where the hunter still walks.

Author Biography

Rowan Hunter (they/them) has been a practicing witch for over twenty years and a dedicant of Herne the Hunter for most of that time. Their practice is centered on devotional and ancestral pathways, drawing strongly from Australian Druidry and eclectic witchcraft, and the occasional nudge from certain grandmothers at inconvenient hours.

They have been blogging at BookOfEucalypt.com since 2011, and their writing has appeared in the anthology Call of the God, edited by Frances Billinghurst, and The Small Tapestry magazine (published under their former name).