Faithful Eckart sits at the entrance to the Venusberg warning all who approach to turn back, and when Tannhäuser arrives he urges the knight-poet not to enter the mountain of Frau Venus, a warning Tannhäuser ignores to his ruin.
Faithful Eckart runs before the Wild Hunt each time it rides, appearing at crossroads and village lanes to warn the living to hide themselves before Wodan's spectral cavalcade sweeps through.
In Germanic folk tradition, Faithful Eckart runs ahead of Wodan's Wild Hunt to warn mortals of its approach, urging them to seek shelter before the spectral host passes.
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