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<p> The eve of the 1st May, when the witches hold high revel and offer sacrifices to the devil their chief, the scene of their festival in [[Germany]] being the [[Brocken]] ( <i> q. v </i> .). This annual festival was in the popular belief conceded to them in recompense for the loss they sustained when by St. Walpurga the [[Saxons]] were persuaded to renounce paganism with its rites for Christianity. </p> | <p> The eve of the 1st May, when the witches hold high revel and offer sacrifices to the devil their chief, the scene of their festival in [[Germany]] being the [[Brocken]] ( <i> q. v </i> .). This annual festival was in the popular belief conceded to them in recompense for the loss they sustained when by St. Walpurga the [[Saxons]] were persuaded to renounce paganism with its rites for Christianity. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_81344"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/walpurgis+night Walpurgis Night from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_81344"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/walpurgis+night Walpurgis Night from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:09, 15 October 2021
Walpurgis Night [1]
The eve of the 1st May, when the witches hold high revel and offer sacrifices to the devil their chief, the scene of their festival in Germany being the Brocken ( q. v .). This annual festival was in the popular belief conceded to them in recompense for the loss they sustained when by St. Walpurga the Saxons were persuaded to renounce paganism with its rites for Christianity.
