Nachdem ich die letzten Tage im Wesentlichen mit der Korrektur des #abitur zugebracht habe, zur Abwechslung eun kleines Mikro-Abenteuer. Statt #mdrza ein Schön es Plätzchen in der Natur, Grillen mit Freuden und die #Walpurgisnacht in der Hängematte verschlafen.
Jetzt mit dem MTB über die menschenleeren Hometrails wieder nach Hause!
In der Nacht zum 1. Mai fliegen Hexen auf Besen zum Blocksberg, gemeint ist der Brocken im Harz, um mit dem Teufel zu tanzen. Die Legende um die Tradition des Tanzes ums Feuer fasziniert Menschen noch immer und wird bis heute aufrechterhalten.
“There is no mention of the devil in the oldest accounts of these women who fare abroad in Holda’s company by night; he was only introduced later. But the whole thing is reminiscent of Odin when the witches are called caped riders. Their intercourse with the devil, and his choice of the one he likes best as witch queen on Walpurgis night is probably associated with the wedding feasts of Odin and Freya, which were celebrated at these times. It is likely that folklore has attached to these wedding dances the idea that the witches dance the snow off Bloksberg on the night of 1st May.”
Walpurgisnacht is fast approaching. If you want to fly to Blokksberg to meet the devil, but you’ve mislaid your greasehorn, this is the stuff you need to anoint your beesom with.
Zur #Walpurgisnacht gingen 1977 in der BRD zum ersten Mal Frauen auf die Straße. Mit Fackeln, Kerzen und weiß bemalten Gesichtern demonstrierten sie gegen sexuelle Gewalt und Belästigung.
“Walpurgis Night, also known as Saint Walpurga'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.”
“Beltane is generally celebrated about 1 May, although some Pagans celebrate it at the halfway point between the spring equinox and the summer solstice, which falls about 5 May. Some celebrate Beltane when the May blossom (hawthorn) first starts to bloom.”
The night of April 30th is Walpurgis Night (Valborgsnatten). According to folklore, witches from all over Scandinavia would gather in Troms in Northern Norway on this night to celebrate sabbat with the Devil, drinking wine from skulls and engaging in orgies. Walpurgis Night is still celebrated with bonfires in some parts of Scandinavia.