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Walpurgis Night (/ v æ l ˈ p ʊər ɡ ɪ s, v ɑː l-,-ˈ p ɜːr-/), [3] [4] an abbreviation of Saint Walpurgis Night (from the German Sankt-Walpurgisnacht [zaŋkt valˈpʊʁɡɪsˌnaxt]), also known as Saint Walpurga's Eve (alternatively spelled Saint Walburga's Eve) and Walpurgisnacht, is the eve of the Christian feast day of Saint Walpurga, an 8th-century abbess in Francia, and is ...
Walpurga's feast day is 25 February, but the day of her canonization, 1 May (possibly 870), was also celebrated during the high medieval period, especially in the 11th century under Anno II, Archbishop of Cologne, so that Walpurgis Night is the eve of May Day, celebrated in continental folklore with dancing.
Die erste Walpurgisnacht (The First Walpurgis Night) is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe telling of efforts by Druids in the Harz Mountains to practice their pagan rituals in the face of new and dominating Christian forces.
La Noche de Walpurgis /Walpurgis Night (released in the United States as The Werewolf vs.The Vampire Woman, in the UK as Shadow of the Werewolf, and in Canada as Werewolf Shadow), is a 1970 Spanish/German [4] horror film starring Paul Naschy, the fifth in his series about the werewolf Waldemar Daninsky.
The witch named Rumpumpel is the Little Witch's opponent. Her talents lie especially within the area of weather. She discovers the Little Witch at the first Walpurgis night and takes her to the head witch. When the Little Witch is told to become a good witch, Rumpumpel tails her and reports her good deeds to the witch council.
Walpurgis Night and Walpurgis Night's Dream. Faust in the Walpurgis Night (c. 1840-50) by Ary Scheffer. A folk belief holds that during the Walpurgis Night (Walpurgisnacht) on the night of 30 April—the eve of the feast day of Saint Walpurga—witches gather on the Brocken mountain, the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, and hold revels with ...
Walpurgis' Night, engraving after an illustration by Johann Heinrich Ramberg, 1829. Goethe described the Brocken in his Faust, first published in 1808, as the center of revelry for witches on Walpurgisnacht (30 April; the eve of St Walpurga's Day). Now, to the Brocken, the witches ride; The stubble is gold and the corn is green;
On Walpurgis Night, Gilman dreams that both Keziah and Brown Jenkin are sacrificing the kidnapped child in a bizarre ritual. He thwarts Keziah by strangling her with the chain of a crucifix , but Brown Jenkin bites through the child's wrist to complete the ritual and escapes into a triangular abyss.