Walpurgis Night

(väl po̵or′gis)

noun

April 30, the eve of May Day, when witches supposedly gathered on Brocken mountain for a demonic orgy

also

Origin: Ger

noun

Origin: after St. Walpurgis, Eng missionary in Germany (8th c.): her day is April 30

See Walpurgis Night in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. The eve of May Day, observed in some European countries and in some Scandinavian communities in the United States in celebration of spring and marked by music, singing, and bonfires.
b. The eve of Beltane, believed by medieval Christians to be the occasion of a witches' Sabbath.
An episode or a situation having the quality of nightmarish wildness.

Origin:

Origin: Partial translation of German Walpurgisnacht

Origin: : Walpurgis, Saint Walpurga (died 779)

Origin: + Nacht, night

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