Walpurgisnacht Night

Walpurgisnacht warupurugisu no yoru night of walpurgis is the first witch introduced in puella magi madoka magica.

Walpurgisnacht night. This witch is an amalgamation of various other witches. The night of witches for the ancients may eve and may day would have been a time between not unlike samhain. Walpurgis night is a celebration that annually takes place between april 30 and may 1. Walpurgis night is a time for families friends and communities to get together and indulge in some crazy fun for one night. A time when spirits walked the land as the veil thinned. Its origins date back to the pagan fertility rites and the coming of spring combined with the celebration of the christian feast day of saint walpurga. This is the image of walpurgisnacht or hexennacht witches night.

This is not a coincidence. In some areas of europe walpurgisnacht is known as a night on which witches and sorcerers gather together to do magic although this tradition appears to be heavily influenced by 16th and 17th german writings. People dress up in outrageous witch and devil costumes and flock the streets armed with broomsticks. Walpurgis night vælˈpʊərɡɪs vɑːl ˈpɜːr an abbreviation of saint walpurgis night from the german sankt walpurgisnacht saŋkt valˈpʊʁɡɪsˌnaxt also known as saint walpurga s eve alternatively spelled saint walburga s eve is the eve of the christian feast day of saint walpurga an 8th century abbess in francia and is celebrated on the night of 30 april and the day of 1 may. It is here that in pre christian times the locals would eat magic mushrooms give sacrifices and dance around bonfires on the eve of may all for the purpose of bringing in a fertile spring. You might have noticed that walpurgisnacht which falls on the eve of may 1 takes place exactly six months before halloween. They come together on the top of a mountain called brocken in the harz mountain range where they sing and dance around a huge bonfire.

Thousands of people from all over the world converge in the harz mountains to take part in the walpurgis festivities. On walpurgisnacht only witches gather by the way no male sorceres.