20+ Walpurgisnacht Literatur

Walpurgisnacht is a great follow up to meyrink s the green face.

Walpurgisnacht literatur. Faust widmet sich im zweiten te. Neue folge german edition german 1st edition by thomas höffgen author. On mayday eve witches were believed to ride out on animals or fly on broom sticks to the sabbat for a special celebration. In the 1880s the first picture postcards featuring the image of a brocken witch were published. Walpurgisnacht might have died out completely were it not for the arrival of romanticism in the 19th century. Der tragödie erster teil by johann wolfgang von goethe. This feast commemorates the canonization of saint walpurga and the movement of her relics to eichstätt both of which occurred on 1 may 870.

Gustav meyrink picked up this theme literary like goethe and others before him and eggeler made the illustrations. Read in german by redaer. Heidentum teufeltum dichtertum bochumer schriften zur deutschen literatur. Saint walpurga was hailed by the christians of germany for battling pest rabies and whooping cough. Walpugisnight walpurgisnacht is especially important in the german folklore tradition. As usual his novels require more than one read through to catch all of the symbolism. Walpurgis night is the english translation of walpurgisnacht valˈpʊʁɡɪsˌnaχt one of the dutch and german names for the night of 30 april so called because it is the eve of the feast day of saint walpurga an 8th century abbess in francia.

In parts of germanic europe walpurgisnacht is celebrated each year around april 30 right around the time of beltane. Witch trials in this period also referred to the brocken and walpurgis night. Synchronisationsversion b deutsch faust. The two novels are similar in context and setting and they were both written during the aftermath of ww1. The festival is named for walpurga a christian saint who spent a number of years as a missionary in the frankish empire. This prompted a revival of interest in ancient customs and folk beliefs which were respun into works of literature and art.