Asgardreid means "Asgard's Ride" or "Asgard's Chase". In
Norse mythology the
Wild Ride of
Odin and
Frigg, who were
Lord and Lady of the Hunt. Odin is also, at times, referred to as the
Erl King in this aspect. It is still spoken of as being especially active during the dark, stormy
Yule nights, when the pair, along with their
Dark Faery and
Riders of the Hunt set out to collect the souls of the damned and the lost.
This story is the subject matter ofthe poem
Erlkoenig by
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.