Germanic festival celebrating the start of summer

Faust follows Mephistopheles as they ascend the Brocken on Walpurgisnacht, surrounded by sinister animals. Engraving by F. Ruscheweyh, 1813, after P. Cornelius, 1811.

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Walpurgis Night

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Faust follows Mephistopheles as they ascend the Brocken on Walpurgisnacht, surrounded by sinister animals. Engraving by F. Ruscheweyh, 1813, after P. Cornelius, 1811.