Walpurgis Night

E78297
folk festival spring festival traditional festival

Walpurgis Night is a traditional springtime festival, especially prominent in central and northern Europe, marked by bonfires, revelry, and folklore about witches gathering on mountaintops.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Walpurgis Night canonical 5
Walpurgis Night celebrations 2
Walpurgisnacht 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf folk festival ⓘ
spring festival ⓘ
traditional festival ⓘ
associatedWith Christian feast days ⓘ
European pagan traditions ⓘ
witchcraft folklore ⓘ
celebratedIn Austria ⓘ
Czech Republic ⓘ
Estonia ⓘ
Finland ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Latvia ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
parts of Poland ⓘ
parts of the Netherlands ⓘ
culturalSignificance functions as a student celebration in some countries ⓘ
marks the transition from winter to spring ⓘ
serves as a springtime cleansing ritual ⓘ
folkloreBelief witches fly to the Brocken ⓘ
witches gather on mountaintops ⓘ
follows April 29 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Walpurgis Night ⓘ
surface form: Saint Walpurga’s Eve

Walpurgis Night ⓘ
surface form: Walpurgisnacht
hasCustom dancing ⓘ
drinking ⓘ
lighting bonfires ⓘ
revelry ⓘ
singing ⓘ
hasDate April 30 ⓘ
hasSymbol bonfire ⓘ
broomstick ⓘ
mountaintop gathering ⓘ
witch ⓘ
hasTheme fertility ⓘ
springtime purification ⓘ
warding off evil spirits ⓘ
witches’ gatherings ⓘ
majorLocation Brocken ⓘ
surface form: Brocken mountain

Harz ⓘ
surface form: Harz Mountains
namedAfter Saint Walpurga ⓘ
observedBy Lutheran communities ⓘ
secular communities ⓘ
precedes May Day ⓘ
region Central Europe ⓘ
Northern Europe ⓘ
religiousContext Christianized pagan festival ⓘ
linked to feast of Saint Walpurga ⓘ
season spring ⓘ
timeOfDay night ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harz → folkloreAssociatedWith → Walpurgis Night ⓘ
Uppsala → hasFestival → Walpurgis Night ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walpurgis Night celebrations
Brocken → associatedWith → Walpurgis Night ⓘ
Skansen → hasEvent → Walpurgis Night ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walpurgis Night celebrations
Walpurgis Night → hasAlternativeName → Walpurgis Night ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walpurgisnacht
Walpurgis Night → hasAlternativeName → Walpurgis Night ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Walpurga’s Eve
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? → actTitle → Walpurgis Night ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walpurgisnacht
Slavic mythology → hasFestival → Walpurgis Night ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kupala Night
Blocksberg → associatedWithEvent → Walpurgis Night ⓘ
Blocksberg → associatedWithPeriod → Walpurgis Night ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walpurgis Night (30 April–1 May)
Brocken museum → associatedWith → Walpurgis Night ⓘ
subject surface form: Brocken Museum
this entity surface form: Walpurgis Night on the Brocken
Hexentanzplatz → associatedWith → Walpurgis Night ⓘ
Saint Walpurga → associatedTradition → Walpurgis Night ⓘ