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Walpurgisnacht celebrates springโ€™s arrival on the eve of May. Although the feast honors St. Walpurga, spirits roamed freely this night. Witches were said to gather on the peak of Brocken in the Harz mountains.
Art: M. B. Lagueruela

Walpurgisnacht celebrates springโ€™s arrival on the eve of May. Although the feast honors St. Walpurga, spirits roamed freely this night. Witches were said to gather on the peak of Brocken in the Harz mountains. 
Art: M. B. Lagueruela #WalpurgisNight
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Good afternoon โค๏ธ ๐Ÿ˜ˆ ๐Ÿ˜˜ wish y'all a fabulous saturday โค๏ธ and a happy ๐Ÿง™โ€โ™€๏ธ we go out this evening for walpurgis fire ๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐Ÿป

Good afternoon #lucifam #lucifans โค๏ธ ๐Ÿ˜ˆ ๐Ÿ˜˜ wish y'all a fabulous saturday โค๏ธ and a happy #walpurgisnight ๐Ÿง™โ€โ™€๏ธ we go out this evening for walpurgis fire ๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐Ÿป
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in , April 30 was called Hexennacht or โ€œnight of the โ€, a spring fire & fertility festival. As Christianity spread, Hexennacht became associated with St. Walpurgis, an abbess and healer. It was then called .

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in #medieval #Germany, April 30 was called Hexennacht or โ€œnight of the #witchesโ€, a spring fire & fertility festival. As Christianity spread, Hexennacht became associated with St. Walpurgis, an abbess and healer. It was then called #Walpurgisnight.

#FolkloreThursday #Folklore
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Around Europe there are many folk stories of witches turning into hares.

Great stories for Spring and Walpurgisnight
Sculpture by Alex Wells

Around Europe there are many folk stories of witches turning into hares.

Great stories for Spring and Walpurgisnight 
Sculpture by Alex Wells
#FolkloreThursday
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โ€œIt seems, forsooth, a little strange,
When we the Brocken came to range,
And this Walpurgis night to see,
That we should quit this company.โ€
-Goethe,ย Faust

โ€œIt seems, forsooth, a little strange,
When we the Brocken came to range,
And this Walpurgis night to see,
That we should quit this company.โ€
-Goethe,ย Faust
#FolkloreSunday #Beltane #Walpurgisnight #MayEve #MayDay2023 #bookchatweekly
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โ€œThere is a mountain very high ... whereon it is given out that witches hold their dance on .โ€

Jacob Grimm, 1883.

Surrounded by an evergreen forest, the Brocken mountain in Germany is the scene of the greatest witchesโ€™ sabbat every 30 April - .

โ€œThere is a mountain very high ... whereon it is given out that witches hold their dance on #Walpurgisnight.โ€ 

Jacob Grimm, 1883. 

Surrounded by an evergreen forest, the Brocken mountain in Germany is the scene of the greatest witchesโ€™ sabbat every 30 April - #Walpurgisnacht.
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Divination Channel๐Ÿ”ฎ(@DivinationChnl) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Happy ! According to tonight is ('Witches' Night') when gather at the Mountain, Central Germany, to meet with the Devil or the old God / , for whom the mountain was once a sacred site.

Happy #WalpurgisNight! According to #German #Folklore tonight is #Hexennacht ('Witches' Night') when #Witches gather at the #Brocken Mountain, Central Germany, to meet with the Devil or the old God #Odin/#Wodan, for whom the mountain was once a sacred site. #WalpurgusNacht
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