Walburga

Japanese: Walburga
Walburga

...On this night, witches hold a sabbath on the Brocken mountain, the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, and debauchery takes place around the devil, as depicted in Goethe's Faust. The name comes from the English nun Walburga (?-780), who accompanied Boniface on his mission to Germany. The veneration of Saint Walburga, who served as the abbess of Heidenheim and whose tomb oozed miraculous healing properties even after her death, is thought to have arisen from the syncretism of the worship of the Mother Goddess that existed before the spread of Christianity, and the fact that one of her feast days is May 1st. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Walburga" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この夜,魔女たちの集会(サバト)がハルツ山地の最高峰ブロッケン山で開かれ,魔王を囲んでの乱痴気騒ぎが繰り広げられるとされ,とくにゲーテ《ファウスト》における描写で有名である。その名は,ボニファティウスのドイツ伝道に従ったイングランドの修道女ワルブルガWalburga(?‐780ころ)に由来する。ハイデンハイムの修道院長として活躍し,死後もその墓からにじみ出る油が病気治療の奇瑞をみせるなどした聖女ワルブルガへの崇敬が,キリスト教布教以前の地母神信仰と習合し,聖女の祝日の一つが5月1日であることとあいまって生じた伝承と考えられる。…

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