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		All witches who come to the Walpurgis Night festival with a witch's hat and all sorcerers, who come to the Walpurgis night festival with a sorcerer's hat, receive a coupon for a glass of May Day wine.
		Enjoy the colorful illumination of the sky above the Middle Rhine River during the Walpurgis Night firework from the open air deck of the boat you're on.
		There will only be about 5 boats during this event, which means the guests can watch the Walpurgis Night firework literally from the front row.
	www.rhine-river-lights.com /dance-into-may-witches-night (1496 words)

	Walpurgis Night - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Germany, Walpurgisnacht, the night from April 30 to May 1, is the night when allegedly the witches hold a large celebration on the Blocksberg and await the arrival of Spring.
		A large crowd, mostly students in typical Swedish white student caps, participating in the traditional Walpurgis Night celebration with song outside the Castle in Uppsala.
		Walpurgis is one of the main holidays during the year in both Sweden and Finland, alongside of Christmas and Midsummer.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Walpurgis_Night (1518 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Walpurgis Night (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The CortÃ¨ge (Swedish: CortÃ¨gen), or The Chalmers CortÃ¨ge (Swedish: ChalmerscortÃ¨gen) is an annual carnival parade held on Walpurgis Night (April 30) by students of the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg.
		Walpurgis, the 30th of April, marks the end of the winter in Sweden and Finland, and is the most important festive celebration of the year alongside of Christmas and Midsummer
		Walpurgis was made a saint on the 1st of May 779, around the same dates than Scandinavians celebrated the return of Spring and the worshipping rituals of fertility associated with that season.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Walpurgis-Night (4040 words)

	Talk:Walpurgis Night - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Walpurgis Night bonfires have their roots in the 18th century when they were used to scare off predators, before releasing cattle on to the pastures.
		I feel that the celebrations in Northern Europe of traditional holidays such as Walpurgis or Midsummer (holiday) are quite different from what is described elsewhere.
		The current online version of EB (in the article "Walburga, Saint") uses a capitalized "Night": "On Walpurgis Night—the eve of May 1, the day on which her relics were taken to Eichstätt—witches are believed to rendezvous in the Harz mountains." Tupsharru 03:49, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Walpurgis_Night (382 words)

	Walpurgis Night: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Walpurgis Night (Valborgsmässoafton in Swedish[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject], EHandler: no quick summary.
		Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in finland (92%) and by ethnic finns outside finland....
		Walpurgis is one of the main holidays during the year in both Sweden and Finland, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wa/walpurgis_night.htm (2379 words)

	CalendarHome.com - Walpurgis Night - Calendar Encyclopedia
		Walpurgis Night (Valborgsmässoafton in Swedish, Vappu in Finnish, Volbriöö in Estonian, Valpurģu nakts or Valpurģi in Latvian, Walpurgisnacht in German) is a holiday celebrated on April 30 or May 1, in Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Germany.
		The festival is named after Saint Walburga (known in Scandinavia as "Valborg"; alternative forms are "Walpurgis", "Wealdburg", or "Valderburger"), born in Wessex in 710 a niece of Saint Boniface and, according to legend, she was a daughter to the Saxon prince St.
		Walburga was worshipped in the same way that Vikings had celebrated spring and as they spread throughout Europe, the two dates became mixed together and created the Walpurgis Night celebration.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /Walpurgis_Night.htm (1056 words)

	Walpurgis Night
		But the night before, April 30 or May Day Eve (Beltane Eve), is called Walpurgis Night; formerly the date of the pagan festival marking the beginning of summer.
		According to German legend, this festival has been associated with a witches' carnival, and on this night it was believed that witches met with the devil.
		In these nights there were usually large bonfires in certain places in the Harz Mountains, Germany, with the purpose to dispel witches.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/w/walpurgis_night.html (106 words)

	Nordic Culture > Walpurgis Night in Sweden and Finland: Valborg and Vappu
		Walpurgis Night receives the name of "Valborg" in Sweden and "Vappu" in Finland, and is a very lively celebration where people spend the night together and sing traditional songs to welcome spring.
		The Walpurgis tradition is commonly associated with the feast of Anglo-German Saint Walpurgis.
		In Helsinki, one of the main events is the capping of the nude female statue Havis Amanda, the symbol of Finland's capital city.
	www.scandinavica.com /culture/tradition/walpurgis.htm (1068 words)

	Walpurgis Night (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The festival is named after Saint Walburga in Scandinavia as "Valborg"; alternative forms are "Wealdburg" or "Valderburger") born in Wessex in 710 and a niece of Saint Boniface.
		Walburga was worshipped the same way that Vikings had celebrated and as they spread through out Europe the two dates became mixed together created the Walpurgis Night celebration.
		Walpurgis is one of the main holidays the year in both Sweden and Finland of Christmas and Midsummer.
	www.freeglossary.com /Walpurgis (997 words)

	Festivals (the s.c.nordic FAQ) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Walpurgis is believed to be the patron of witches (this is of course not certified by the Church).
		Her day is the 1st of May. Walpurgis night is the night before May 1st.
		In Estonia the Walpurgis Night (in Estonian "Volbriöö") is basically when all self-respecting present or past university students who belong to either a fraternity /sorority ("korporatsioon") or a student society, have probably the biggest party of the year.
	www.lysator.liu.se /nordic/scn/faq29.html?print=1 (766 words)

	Expatica's German news in English: Witchy goings-on set for Walpurgis Night
		It is renowned for the Walpurgis Night celebrations on 30 Aprilwhich the Germanic peoples once celebrated as the beginning of spring.
		In the town of Schierke, a four-hour Walpurgis Night open-air play is held, tracing the history of the persecution of witches, with players performing writhing modern dances to Medieval music.
		According to German legend, this festival has been associated with a witches' carnival, and on this night it was believed that witches met with the devil for one final night of revelry before being consigned to the underworld until they emerge again on Halloween.
	www.wiccanweb.ca /redirect.php?sid=3689 (529 words)

	The 'Witchiness' of Women - 1984 - Vancouver Rape Relief & Women's Shelter
		Sandra said the immigrant woman told her about the ancient ritual of Walpurgi and May 1 when witches were said to hold celebrations on the Broken, the highest point in northern Germany.
		Whatever the origin, Walpurgis Night seems to be related to the coming of spring.
		It falls exactly midway between the equinox and the solstice, and is exactly opposite Hallowe'en on the calendar.Today, many German feminists celebrate Walpurgis Night by going into the streets in groups and demonstrating against pornography or violence against women, the German woman said.
	www.rapereliefshelter.bc.ca /herstory/witch.html (597 words)

	Walpurgis night - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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	Hartz Witches
		Of course, the Brocken mountain, the highest mountain in the Hartz mountain range, is the mountain that was traditionally associated with witches, as their central meeting place during Walpurgis Night.
		In fact, in Thale, hundreds, or even thousands of people still do meet there on Walpurgis Night, coming from miles around to see concerts and theatrical presentations, and to view the huge bonfire on top of the mountain, one of many bonfires burning throughout the Hartz mountains on that night.
		And, as we already mentioned, the huge bonfires at night with hundreds of villagers and neighbors gathered around are open to all.
	www.geocities.com /jimhoward300/Hartz.htm (565 words)

	Walpurgis Night Reference @ GreatArtworks.com (Great Artworks) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Together with her brothers she travelled to Frankonia, Germany, where she became a nun and lived in the convent of Heidenheim, which was founded by her brother Wunibald.
		As with other Vappu traditions, the picnic includes student caps, mead, streamers and balloons.
		Rowling">J.K. Rowling, the Death Eaters were originally called the Knights of Walpurgis, a pun on Walpurgis Night.
	www.greatartworks.com /encyclopedia/Walpurgis_Night (1095 words)

	Procol Harum - Repent Walpurgis
		Walpurgis was an English nun (she died in about 788 AD) who went as a missionary to Germany and became abbess of Heidenheim; she is celebrated on the first of May, which is coincidentally the date of the rites of an earlier (pagan) festival, one of the Celtic quarter-days, in fact.
		On the night before May Day, Walpurgisnacht, the witch-world holds its most elaborate revels particularly at The Brocken, high-point of the Harz Mountains, in the presence of the Devil.
		Repent Walpurgis is known to many Italian fans as Fortuna (meaning 'fate' or possibly 'good luck'), since that is the title under which it appeared as the B-side of Il Tuo Diamante (an Italian text grafted on to the music of Shine on Brightly).
	www.procolharum.com /repent.htm (533 words)

	Mendelssohn's 'Walpurgis Night' will be performed by UI Symphony and Choruses April 5
		The dictionary defines the Walpurgis Night as a depiction of a witches' Sabbath, or a situation that has a nightmarish quality.
		Mendlessohn's oratorio is based on a dramatic ballad by Goethe that satirizes the medieval crusaders as superstitious, in contrast to the genuine reverence for a God-like nature as practiced by Druids.
		"Walpurgis Night" is used ironically for the title, since the Druids pretend to be devils in order to frighten away the threatening crusaders.
	itsnt166.iowa.uiowa.edu /uns-archives/2000/march/0324symph_chorus.html (933 words)

	The motif Maypole, May Day, Walpurgis Night in HCA : Godfather's Picture Book (1868) :: www.andersen.sdu.dk :: The Hans ...
		Walpurgis Night is on the day before May Day, May 1st, on which people used to dance around the maypole.
		The feast Walpurgis Night has its name after Saint Walburga (In Scandinavia known as Valborg; alternative forms are "Walpurgis", "Wealdburg" or "Valderburger"), born in Wessex in 710, a niece of Saint Boniface.
		And the peasants again hold their summer festivals, for it is a time of joy after the time of fast and oppression.
	www.andersen.sdu.dk /forskning/motiver/vismotiv_e.html?vid=175&id=116 (327 words)

	Salvador Dali "Le soupirant" - CentaurGalleries.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		As Mephistopheles and Faust were skulking under Gretchen's window in Night, they were discussing their intention to attend the Witches' Sabbath, or Walpurgis Night.
		Walpurgis Night, April 30, celebrates May Day (May 1) and takes place in the Harz Mountains in central Germany.
		Walpurgis Night represents Faust's deepest involvement with the Devil and his followers.
	www.centaurgalleries.com /Main/Art.cfm?InvNo=35071 (761 words)

	Walpurgis Night \| Best price for Video
		"Walpurgis Nights" (the Swedish festival celebrating the arrival of Spring, a time of love and procreation), created a stir because of its subject of abortion.
		When she is flmailed, Clary ends up shooting the criminal and then committing suicide, the resulting scandal in the newspapers makes Johan join the Foreign Legion, leaving behind Lena, who loves him and actually wants to give him babies.
		Although the subject of abortion saw "Walpurgis Night" censored in America, Swedish audiences were sufficiently impressed by the film's message to overlook the fact the story is pure melodrama.
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	Historical and Literary References in Faust
		Walpurgis Night was a great witches’ Sabbath, which traditionally took place on the Brocken, a peak of the Harz Mountains in central Germany.
		Walpurgis Night' Dream or "The Golden Wedding of Oberon and Titania" is a play within a play and is based on Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream.
		"Classical Walpurgis Night" contains a confusing succession of mythological figures who are unfamiliar to modern audiences.However, most of the figures are from Ovid's Metamorphoses, and Herodotus'Histories, which were very familiar to Goethe's contemporaries.
	www.ucalgary.ca /~esleben/faust/goethe/historyandliterature.html (1437 words)

	The Book of Hallowe'en: Chapter XIII: Walpurgis Night
		So this night was called Walpurgis Night, when evil beings were abroad, and with them human worshippers who still guarded the old faith in secret.
		If a man wears clothes made of yarn spun on Walpurgis Night to the May-shooting, he will always hit the bull's-eye, for the Devil gives away to those he favors, "freikugeln," bullets which always hit the mark.
		Led to be unfaithful to his wife, a man murders the husband of a former sweetheart; to escape capture he fires a haystack, from which a whole village is kindled.
	www.sacred-texts.com /pag/boh/boh15.htm (873 words)

	Valborgsmässoafton, Walpurgis Night, Walpurgisnacht (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Walpurgisnacht is the night of April 30, and is so called because it is the eve of the feast day of St Walpurga, an 8th-century abbess in Germany.
		In German folklore Walpurgisnacht is believed to be the night of a witches' meeting on the Brocken, the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, a range of wooded hills in central Germany between the rivers Weser and Elbe.
		The first known written occurrence of the English translation Walpurgis Night is from the 19th century.
	www.modernvikings.com /walpurgisnacht (148 words)

	April 30 Walpurgis Night(Features) Jay Walljasper
		Revelers light bonfires atop hills to drive away the last vestiges of winter, a custom still observed by the English royal family, according to Edain McCoy in The Sabbats (Llewellyn, 1994).
		It's the perfect excuse for young people to stay out all night, frolicking in the newly warm spring air.
		At Oxford University, choristers greet the arrival of May in a 6 a.m.
	www.utne.com /pub/2001_104/features/1909-1.html (144 words)

	Expatica's German news in English: German witches get ready for Walpurgis Night
		HAMBURG - Up to 150,000 self-styled witches and warlocks, New Age practitioners and the simply curious are converging for May Eve revelries on the summit of the highest peak in the Harz Mountains on Saturday night.
		Bonfires will light the nighttime skies on mountain tops in the Harz region as local communities held their own May Day Eve festivals marking the end of winter and the coming of summer.
		According to German legend, this festival has been associated with a witches' carnival, and on this night it was believed that witches met with the devil for one final night of revelry before being consigned to the underworld until they emerge again exactly six months later on 31 October - Halloween.
	www.expatica.com /source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=52&story_id=19638&name=German+witches+get+ready+for+Walpurgis+Night (285 words)

	ipedia.com: Walpurgis Night Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Walpurgis Night is a holiday celebrated on April 30, in Finland, Sweden, Estonia and Germany.
		Finland and Sweden History The festival is named after Saint Walburga, born in Wessex in 710 and a niece o...
		In recent years Walpurgisnacht has been the prelude to the May 1 riots in Berlin.
	www.ipedia.com /walpurgis_night.html (765 words)

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