"DOST thou not wish a broomstick-steed's assistance? The sturdiest he-goat I would gladly see: The way we take, our goal is yet some distance." ~ Goethe from Faust MEPHISTOPHELES and FAUST climb the Bracken on Walpurgis Night. #FairyTaleTuesday #WalpurgisNight

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Never tease a cat! Especially not tonight, Walpurgis Eve. The cat will turn into a witch and find a way to punish you... #FairytaleTuesday #GothicSpring #DailySpooklore #WalpurgisNacht

BROOMSTICKS AT THE READY It's #WALPURGISNACHT, the eve of May 1st, the feast day of St Walpurga; halfway to Halloween!! Marking the transition into spring #witches & #demons will gather to perform rituals & indulge in outrageous revelry! #GothicSpring #FairyTaleTuesday

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'There’s none but witches do inhabit here ...' Shakespeare, Comedy of Errors. 🎨Arthur Rackham, The Witches' Frolic. #FairyTaleTuesday

🌖🌗🌘Morgan Le Fay - by William Henry Margetston #FairyTaleTuesday

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#FairyTaleTuesday Walpurgis Night is celebrated on April 30 in northern Europe & Scandinavia.Many people hang blessed sprigs of foliage from houses to ward off evil spirits,or leave pieces of bread spread with butter & honey as offerings for phantom hounds britannica.com/topic/Walpurgi…

Tonight is one of the spookiest nights in the calendar - Walpurgisnacht - when witches fly. Many will fly on ash branches and bite off the red buds...#FairytaleTuesday #GothicSpring #DailySpooklore #WalpurgisNacht

#FairyTaleTuesday "... The moment the light shone in the cottage, she stood up, gazed sadly on her little one, and then went out of the room without a sound, not saying a word to anyone. All those who saw her stood for a time terror-struck; ..." The Dead Mother W. R. S. Ralston

From a rare ghost series of Japanese ukiyo-e prints, this one by Yoshi-iku (1890) is titled 'Demon.' #FairyTaleTuesday #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt

#FairyTaleTuesday Until the 8th century, Walburg was a Germanic deity - a Goddess of Witches, also known as Hulda. Her festival took place on 25th February. She was then Christianized, and, from the 10th century, "St Walburga" was celebrated on the 30th April, our Walpurgisnacht.

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#FairyTaleTuesday In #Galicia, the "ruins" (damned souls) may appear at night to a walker and ask him to tear their shroud with a sickle. If he does it from the bottom up, the soul will vanish; but if he does it backwards, the "ruin" will drag the poor wretch with him to hell!

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This is where I borrowed the name Jinny Lane from. Jinny Lane! Leaving Newchurch-in-Pendle, heading down to Barley/Roughlee. Witches galore! 🧙‍♀️🌿 #FairytaleTuesday

#Blackthorn fading into #spring & associated with the #Celtic #winter goddess, An Cailleach. She regains her youth & ages back over the #year. The #devil was said to prick the fingers of his followers with blackthorn to seal their pact. #FairyTaleTuesday

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‘I know of witches who whistle at different pitches, calling things that don't have names.’ Helen Oyeyemi, White Is for Witching #fairytaletuesday #amreading

"[W]est India Islanders, who, of course, never heard of the Berserker, have a superstition respecting "waywolves"? In one of the West India Islands there is a lovely valley, pointed out as the nightly haunt of werewolves." "Poems by Anne Bushby" (1876) #FairytaleTuesday

Welsh folklore tells us that May Day Eve is one of three spirit nights (ysbrydnos) when the supernatural may be encountered. Like Halloween, ghosts are abroad, and the best form of protection is to huddle around a bonfire. Stay safe out there... #MayDay #Wales #FairytaleTuesday

Tempestarii were weather making wizards and witches who possessed the power to raise or prevent storms at will. Anyone reputed as a 'weather maker' was the subject of both respect and fear in rural areas #walpurgisnacht #fairytaletuesday art: Alan Clarke