She is called the Phantom Queen: the Morrigan is the Irish goddess of fate, battle, and death, appearing as either an old woman savaged by time or a young seductive woman. Spectral at times, she is one of the proposed origins of the banshee.

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In Germany, female deities like Perchta & Holda lead the Wild hunt in the form of a ghostly ride of witches & unbaptized children in the sky. These deities are linked to the horned-moon goddess Diana, protector of the hunt, whose antlers unite hunter & hunted.

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